This morning the Radio 4 programme Today broadcast a feature about the Wellcome Library’s ‘Modern Genetics and its Foundations’ project. The Wellcome Library is bringing the papers of the pioneers of modern genetics together in one place for the first… Read More ›
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PUDS Blog: The archivist’s choice
As today’s post I would like to share some of my favourite images of the 3 Glasgow geneticists, whose papers are presently being digitised having been selected for inclusion in the Wellcome Digital Library’s Modern Genetics and its Foundations. Guido… Read More ›
Leni and Lisa: the women behind the man
Despite coming from a large family where he was the eldest of 5 brothers and 3 sisters, Guido Pontecorvo’s immediate family consisted only of his wife Lenore and his daughter Lisa. Ponte described his marriage to Leni, a Swiss art-historian… Read More ›