Letter from Paul [Gordon] Fildes to [John David Griffith] Davies, regarding two papers, 'The action of radiations on bacteria. IV - the lethal action of soft X-rays' and 'The action of radiations on bacteria. V - the target theory', by R B Haines and D E Lea
Reference number: RR/W/7/42
Date: 27 January 1939
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Paper reference code: B.68 and B.69
States that the evidence in the paper 'is dubious and the conclusions unsupported. As you insist on me being the final referee, I have given a formal adverse decision'.
[Not published].
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- RR/W/7/42
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- 27 January 1939
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Paul Gordon Fildes, Sir; Paul Gordon Fildes, Letter from Paul [Gordon] Fildes to [John David Griffith] Davies, regarding two papers, 'The action of radiations on bacteria. IV - the lethal action of soft X-rays' and 'The action of radiations on bacteria. V - the target theory', by R B Haines and D E Lea, 27 January 1939, RR/W/7/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_7_42/letter-from-paul-gordon-fildes-to-john-david-griffith-davies-regarding-two-papers-the-action-of-radiations-on-bacteria-iv-the-lethal-action-of-soft-x-rays-and-the-action-of-radiations-on-bacteria-v-the-target-theory-by-r-b-haines-and-d-e-lea, accessed on 04 December 2025
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