Typescript of "The Recent Excitement in the Coding Problem" by Francis Crick, signed by Charlotte Auerbach, September 1962
Content Description
Contains: A copy of Auerbach's PhD thesis, with handwritten corrections; Charlotte Auerbach's degree and honorary degree certificates, as well certificates relating various medals and prizes; correspondence with various societies and organisations; biographical papers relating to Auerbach collected by Geoffrey Beale in preparation of his biographical memoir of Auerbach for the Royal Society. These papers include copies of some of Auerbach's published books, cassette tapes of interviews between Beale and Auerbach and original papers of Auerbach's dating from the 1940s; notebooks and a microscope belonging to Auerbach.
Dates
- Creation: September 1962
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
This material is open.
Biographical / Historical
Crick's "The Recent Excitement in the Coding Problem" appeared in Progress in Nucleic Acid Research edited by J.N. Davidson and Waldo E. Cohn (Academic Press Inc., New York, 1962).
Extent
1 volume
100 pages
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred by David Finnegan, Institute of Cell Biology, December 2016 (SC Acc 2016 0197).
Repository Details
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