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Referee's report by John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, on a paper 'The shape of the human being as a function of time' by Peter Brian Medawar

Reference number: RR/68/394

Date: 1943

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests omitting some of the figures. Suggests improving the clarity of the paper. Comments on the pencilled notes of the previous referee, which should be erased 'if only because referees should give their judgement independently'.

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.

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1943
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John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, Referee's report by John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, on a paper 'The shape of the human being as a function of time' by Peter Brian Medawar, 1943, RR/68/394, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_394/referees-report-by-john-burdon-sanderson-haldane-on-a-paper-the-shape-of-the-human-being-as-a-function-of-time-by-peter-brian-medawar, accessed on 22 June 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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