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Add MS 86840/119

Record Id:
040-000584574
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-000375067
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000938.0x000397
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 86840/119
Title:
Wils-Wir
Scope & Content:

Annotations and manuscripts originally part of a collection of offprints etc. received by John Maynard Smith filed under 'Wils-Wir'. Contents include:

  • Annotation to 'Sensitisation of blood-vessels to hypertensive damage by X-irradiation' by A.W. Asscher, C. Wilson and Sally G. Anson. Annotation reads: 'With compliments C.W.'.
  • Series of hanwritten notes, drawings and equations by Maynard Smith attached to 'A theory of group selection' by David Sloan Wilson.
  • Letter from David Sloan Wilson to John Maynard Smith dated 24 May 1983 enclosing two manuscripts (manuscripts missing).
  • Draft of 'The concept of structured demes' by David Sloan Wilson.
  • Draft of 'Altruism in mandelian populations derived from sibling groups: the haystack model revisited' by David Sloan Wilson. The paper is annotated throughout (question marks and highlighting of some passages).
  • Annotation to 'Oscillatory Glycolis in yeast: the pattern of phase resetting by oxygen' by Arthur T. Winfree. Annotation reads: 'Hi John, here is the latest truth. I look forward to seeing you at WYE. Art'.
  • Annotation to 'Polymorphic pattern formation in the fungus nectria' by Arthur T. Winfree. Annotation reads: 'For John with best regards ATW'.
  • Annotation to 'Time and timelessness in biological clocks' by Arthur T. Winfree. Annotation reads: 'With kind regards + thanks for your frequent help with editing E+EM Hi to Sheila. ATW'. Corrections marked in red pencil by the author.
  • Annotation to draft of 'The temporal morphology of a biological clock' by Arthur T. Winfree. Annotation reads: 'For JMS w/admiration'.

The full range of authors represented in the original collection of offprints etc. filed under 'Wils-Wir' is: C. Wilson, David Sloan Wilson, W.C. Wimsatt, Arthur T. Winfree and Peter Wirtz. The date range of the original collection of offprints etc. filed under 'Wils-Wir' is 1961-1983.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-000375067
036-000375075
040-000584574
Is part of:
Add MS 86569-86840 : John Maynard Smith Archive
Add MS 86840 : Annotations and manuscripts with offprints received by John Maynard Smith

 

Add MS 86840/119 : Wils-Wir
Hierarchy:
032-000375067[0007]/036-000375075[0111]/040-000584574
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 86569-86840
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
9 loose items
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1961
End Date:
1987
Date Range:
1961-1987
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Legal Status:
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