In praise of guinea pigs

May 25, 2007

Guinea pigs, fruit flies and evening primroses are among the classic laboratory organisms honoured for their contribution to science in a new book by Sussex University science historian Jim Endersby.

His book, A Guinea Pig's History of Biology , has won the £10,000 Jerwood Award for non-fiction in progress and is published this week.

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