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Features overview Jim Secord discusses his GTR project Leah Astbury discusses her GTR project Martin Johnson discusses his GTR project Peter Jones discusses his GTR project John Forrester discusses his GTR project Professor Sir Robert Edwards (1925–2013) Frog pregnancy testing Medieval medical reference book The Sekenesse of Wymmen Multimedia embryos Sexual selections A book of ominous births, 650 BC
Home About People News Events Projects Features Studying Contact
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Events

Events overview
    Past events

Features

Features overview
    Jim Secord discusses his GTR project Leah Astbury discusses her GTR project Martin Johnson discusses his GTR project Peter Jones discusses his GTR project John Forrester discusses his GTR project Professor Sir Robert Edwards (1925–2013) Frog pregnancy testing Medieval medical reference book The Sekenesse of Wymmen Multimedia embryos Sexual selections A book of ominous births, 650 BC

Generation to Reproduction

Animals emerging from an egg

About the project

Reproduction presents urgent challenges today. History enables us to take long views.

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Reproduction: Antiquity to the Present Day

An introduction to our new book, the first to encompass the vast history of how living things procreate, from the banks of the ancient Nile to the fertility clinics of today.

Making Visible Embryos

Our online exhibition on the history of embryo images aims to illuminate key questions and concerns about childbirth, evolution and reproduction.

Useful links

Books and Babies exhibition

Casebooks Project

Darwin Correspondence Project

History of Medicine in HPS

Making Visible Embryos

Reproduction: Antiquity to the Present Day

Strategic Research Initiative on Reproduction

Wellcome

Whipple Library

Generation to Reproduction

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