Tel. 23.029; 29.038 - Indirizzo telegrafico: Istgenetica - Pavia

 

ISTITUTO DI GENETICA
UNIVERSITA DI PAVIA

March 6, 1964

Dr. Josh and Esther Lederberg
Department of Genetics

VIA SANT’ EPIFANIO, 14 Stanford University

PAVIA Palo Alto, California

Dear Josh and Esther,

my return home was made less pleasant
by a dental abscess that accompanied me from New York to
the Middle West and Italy. When recovered I found a great
deal of work waiting for me. I also found a letter by Gorini
(who proved a much more inflammable Italian than myself) and
a letter by Bernie about his mediation and the settlement
of the dispute. I was rather upset by Gorini's resentment
at our paper, which I did not understand entiarely, except
that we were too casual in mentioning his contribution. I
was upset especially because I felt sympathy for Gorini and
had invited him and his wife to Pavia. He will come,so I
hope the emotional aspects are over.

I am enclosing copy of Gorini's paper.
There are quite a number of changes since the edition I saw,
and he had withdrawn some of the statements he had on in-
creasing degeneracy.

I am sending him copy of the manu-
script you sent me. Should any alterations directly concer-
ning the issue be done in proofs, I think they should be
agreed directly with him or Bernie to avoid further issues.
Can you get me 150 reprints?

We are trying to prepare for all the
problems that our presumptive coming to Stanford next summer
with Alba and Matthew can raise. I am convincing Alba to take
up computer programming and we have started studying Balgol.
We will be unable to know for certain until the last minute,
but I look forward to hearing of the housing prospects.

Yours,

4

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