Irving Layton

Person · Open Library

Born

1912

Died

2006

Works

100

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

CA

Active from

1912-03-12

Active to

2006-01-04

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

169

Total plays

709

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. THE ADSORPTION OF GASES ON PLANE SURFACES OF GLASS, MICA AND PLATINUM.

   · 1918 · cited 20,330x

2. THE CONSTITUTION AND FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS. PART I. SOLIDS.

   · 1916 · cited 8,867x

3. Stem cells, cancer, and cancer stem cells

   · 2001 · cited 7,569x

4. Single Molecule Detection Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)

   · 1997 · cited 6,178x

5. Prevention of HIV-1 Infection with Early Antiretroviral Therapy

   · 2011 · cited 5,714x

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Quotes

• “If poetry is like an orgasm, an academic can be likened to someone who studies the passion-stains on the bedsheets.”
• “Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante's scheme, Limbo is to Hell.”
• “God is indeed dead.He died of self-horrorwhen He saw the creature He had madein His own image.”
• “When you argue with your inferiors,you convince them of only one thing:they are as clever as you.”
• “My neighbourdoesn't want to be lovedas much ashe wants to be envied.”

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Key dates

Born

12 March 1912

Died

4 January 2006

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

Canada

Place of birth

Târgu Neamț

Place of death

Côte Saint-Luc

Occupation

essayist

Employer

Concordia University

Languages spoken

English language