Personal papers left at the Department, volume 1, 1934-1974
Scope and Contents
Contains:
- offprint titled 'Induction by heteroplastic grafts of the primitive streak in birds' by Waddington and G.A Schmidt, (Archiv fur Entwicklungsmechanik der Organismen, April 1934);
- offprint titled 'Physico-Chemical Experiments on the Amphibian Organiser' by Waddington, J and D Needham (Archiv fur experimentelle Zellforschung, Band XV, 1934);
- offprint titled 'Active Principle of the Amphibian Organisation Centre' by Waddington, J. Needham and D. Needham, W.W Nowinski and R. Lemberg (reprinted from Nature, 134, p103 July 1934);
- 2 typescript pages titled 'Schleip. Amphibia O, Q, K, L and M, Determination in Blastula and Early Gastrula in Urodedes';
- typescript titled 'How much is evolution affected by chance and necessity?' and marked '1974. Beyond Chance and Necessity, Garnstan Press 89-102.' (this essay appeared in Beyond Chance and Necessity: A Critical Inquiry into Professor Jacques Monod's Chance and Necessity, edited by John Lewis (London 1974));
- annotated typescript titled 'Experiments on the Chick Embryo cultivated in vitro by Waddington';
- 3 typed pages titled 'Organizer Reversal';
- 1 typed page titled 'Section IV: Mesoderm placed in ectodermal environment';
- 1 page titled 'Samples counted for Professor Waddington'.
Material accompanied by note in an unknown hand: '1. Amsterdam Lecture Notes and Lecture: Experiments on the Chick Embryo Cultivated in Vitro, with addenda May 1930, 2. selection of studies - notes on 3. expts 487-699.'
Dates
- Creation: 1934-1974
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open, subject to the researcher completing a Data Protection undertaking form wherever noted. A small amount of the material has been redacted, pending a future review.
Extent
1 folder
Physical Location
CLX-A-1072
Subject
- Lemberg, R., fl 1934 (scientist) (Person)
- Needham, Dorothy M., 1896-1987 (English biochemist) (Person)
- Needham, (Noel) Joseph Terence Montgomery, 1900-1995 (British scientist, historian and sinologist) (Person)
- Nowinski, W.W, fl 1934 (scientist) (Person)
- Schmidt, G.A, fl 1934 (German scientist) (Person)
Creator
Repository Details
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