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Letter from Max Delbrück to Leo Szilard, February 1, 1960

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Letter documenting Leo Szilard's (1898-1964) and Max Delbrück's (1906-1981) scientific collaboration. Both were physicists who transitioned to biology in the 1930s and 1940s, and their interactions helped establish the "Phage Group," a highly influential network of researchers who used bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) to explore the fundamental mechanisms of genetics

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  • (top right) "* [1949] [Szilard]"
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  • Max Delbrück
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Series III: Max Delbruck papers, 1939-1994 (bulk 1945-1965)
  • Sub-series 3: Correspondence, 1960-1994
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  • Box 4, Folder 3

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Delbrück, Max. “Letter from Max Delbrück to Leo Szilard, February 1, 1960,” February 1, 1960. History of Molecular Biology, Box 4, Folder 3. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/lf5aq82.

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