Papers of M H F Wilkins: teaching cartoons by Wilkins

  • Wilkins, Maurice, 1916-2004
Date:
1972-2000
Reference:
K/PP178/15/6/4
Part of:
Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916-2004)
  • Archives and manuscripts
  • Online

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Papers of M H F Wilkins: teaching cartoons by Wilkins. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider

The original material is held at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

About this work

Description

Annotated cartoons drawn by Wilkins to illustrate his King’s College London lectures on ‘The social impact of the biosciences’, 1972-2000, and his Eddington lecture series on the history of science, 1978, given at Cambridge University. Images include Francis Crick and James Watson contemplating the divisions in Western culture; uncorking the bottle of the secrets of life with a DNA helix-shaped corkscrew; devils of various social pressures hampering the scientist on his ascent to knowledge; the real and apparent differences between medieval and modern world views.

Publication/Creation

1972-2000

Physical description

52 items, 9 slides

Contributors

Copyright note

Wilkins, Maurice; King's College London

Terms of use

Available at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics. Only a selection of photographs from this folder have been digitised.

Where to find it

Location of original

The original material is held at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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