File titled 'Evolution - Catastrophe Theory', 1972-1973
Scope and Contents
The material includes letters from Maurice Dodson (as well as some of Dodson's handwritten notes) and a letter from René Thom concerning an article of Dodson's which Waddington was asked to read titled 'Darwin's Law of Natural Selection and Thom's Theory of Morphogenesis', a draft of which is included in this material. Also present are letters from John Lewis regarding Waddington's contribution to Beyond Chance and Necessity: A Critical Inquiry into Professor Jacques Monod's Chance and Necessity, which Lewis edited.
Dates
- Creation: 1972-1973
Creator
- From the Series: Waddington, Conrad Hal, 1905-1975 (embryologist and professor of animal genetics, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open, subject to the researcher completing a Data Protection undertaking form where noted.
Biographical / Historical
Dodson's article was eventually published in Mathematical Biosciences, 28, 3–4, pp 243–274 (1976) under the title 'Darwin's Law of Natural Selection and Thom's Theory of Catastrophe'.
Full Extent
1 folder
Physical Location
CLX-A-1077
Subject
Topical
Repository Details
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