| Reference number | RR/68/395 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, on a paper 'The shape of the human being as a function of time' by Peter Brian Medawar |
| Date | 28 June 1943 |
| Description | Sectional Committee: Zoology
Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The paper doesn't go very far, but suggests further developments. Refers to work of Albrecht Dürer.
Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']
No received date. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Standardised form (type E) |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1944.0008 Vol.132 1944 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/68/394 |
| RR/68/396 |
| RR/68/397 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6267 | Thompson; Sir; D'Arcy Wentworth (1860 - 1948); naturalist and mathematician | 1860 - 1948 |
| NA7796 | Medawar; Sir; Peter Brian (1915 - 1987) | 1915 - 1987 |