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Papers of M H F Wilkins: papers relating to John Randall and his place in the history of DNA discovery

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Correspondence, notes and background research material relating to John Turton Randall, Head of the Medical Research Council Biophysics Unit, King’s College London, and the history of DNA research, including: photocopy letter from Horace Barber to Randall, 27 Nov 1941, relating to a possible research collaboration using x-rays of sepia sperm (original held in Churchill Archives Centre); copy article by Randall, ‘A physicist’s approach to biology’ published in Universities Review, Feb 1947; typescript speech by Randall, ‘One man’s science’, given at the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1973, covering his scientific career to date; Wilkins’ Royal Society biographical memoir of John Randall, 1987, with additional annotations.

Papers of M H F Wilkins: papers relating to John Randall and his place in the history of DNA discovery

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