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'The Sekenesse of Wymmen', Sloane MS 2463, folio 217r Image credit: British Library
Jim Secord discusses his GTR project
Jim Secord discusses his work on the history of evolution and Darwin's correspondence.
Leah Astbury discusses her GTR project
Leah Astbury discusses her work on pregnancy and childbirth in early modern England.
Martin Johnson discusses his GTR project
Martin Johnson discusses his work on the history of IVF and mammalian embryology.
Peter Jones discusses his GTR project
Peter Jones discusses his work on medieval medical books and the transfer of knowledge about 'generation'.
John Forrester discusses his GTR project
John Forrester discusses his work on Robert Stoller and the history of gender identity.
Professor Sir Robert Edwards (1925–2013)
Martin Johnson remembers the IVF pioneer as 'one of the true giants of the 20th century'.
Frog pregnancy testing
Jesse Olszynko-Gryn explains why, from the 1930s to the 1960s, pregnancy tests involved the use of live animals.
Medieval medical reference book
Peter Jones talks about a vade mecum, a valuable resource for learning about medieval interest in generation and reproduction.
The Sekenesse of Wymmen
Peter Jones examines an illustrated medical text from the 15th century.
Multimedia embryos
Nick Hopwood explains how wax models of embryos were the original 'supplementary material' in scientific publishing.
Sexual selections
Jim Secord looks at how the pervasive significance of sex in the Descent of Man created problems for Darwin and his publisher.
A book of ominous births, 650 BC
Eleanor Robson examines Shumma Izbu, an Assyrian catalogue of strange births and what they portended.