Typescript copy of Pontecorvo's Report on a visit to Chinaunder the exchange agreement between the Royal Society and the China Association of Science and Technology, 28 May-4 July 1988
- Date:
- Jul 1988
- Reference:
- UGC 198/5/5/14
- Part of:
- Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Description
With minor corrections. Contains an overview of places visited. Pontecorvo was unhappy with the failure of the China Association of Science and Technology to arrange field work for him in the Tien Shan region. He only managed 7 days out of the planned 4 weeks of field work, and was given "vague reasons for the failure" in being able to carry out his field work at previously planned locations. Also includes Pontecorvo's accompanying letter to the Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society.
Publication/Creation
Jul 1988
Physical description
1 report and 1 letter (20 pages)
Terms of use
Open and available at Glasgow University Archives Service.
Location of duplicates
A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.
Where to find it
Location of original
The original material is held at Glasgow University Archive Services. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.