Copy of a letter from Pontecorvo to Dr Robert Cecil Olby concerning his thoughts on Olby's book Path to the double helix

Date:
7 Dec 1977
Reference:
UGC 198/3/2/42
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Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
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Copy of a letter from Pontecorvo to Dr Robert Cecil Olby concerning his thoughts on Olby's book <i>Path to the double helix</i>. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Path to the double helixwas first published in 1974 and revised in 1994. Ponteocorvo thought this this was "a most important contribution" and was fascinated by Olby's approach in exploring the history of the discovery of DNA. Pontecorvo describes Jim Watson and Francis Crick as "naively immune to contemporary prejudice".

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7 Dec 1977

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1 letter (1 page)

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A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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The original material is held at Glasgow University Archive Services. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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