Institute of Biology Conversazione

Contains:

Two typescript copies of "A Self-reproducing Analogue" by L S Penrose;Postcard from Nature acknowledging receipt of the essay;

Printed copies of figures to accompany the article "A Self-reproducing Analogue", offprints from Nature, volume 179, 8 June 1957 of "A Self-reproducing Analogue", and diagrams showing reproduction mechanisms of living processes;

Galley proof of "A Self-reproducing Analogue" for Nature, volume 179, 8 June 1957;

Manuscript notes and diagrams for the article;

List of recipients of offprints;

Article in The New Scientist, 27 June 1957 on L S Penrose and R Penrose's model of reproduction;

Letter from J L Cloudsley-Thompson inviting Penrose to demonstrate his reproduction model at the Institute of Biology's Conversazione, 1957, and enclosing forms for exhibitors;

Programme of exhibits at the Institute of Biology's Conversazione.