Dismissed under Mussolini, later Nobel prize winner – the importance of scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini
- Written by Peter C. Doherty, Laureate Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
Rita Levi-Montalcini celebrates her 100th birthday in 2009. Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana/Wikimedia Commons , CC BY
Peter Doherty was invited to deliver the 2015 Rita Levi-Montalcini Lecture at BergamoScienza, an Italian science festival.
In this extract from his new book The Incidental Tourist, Peter explains how Rita was a true hero of 20th...
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