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IN the accounts of scientific effort during the War on which the veil of secrecy has now been lifted, one common feature stands out on even the most casual reading. Whether we look at the efforts which went to the development of the atomic bomb, of radar, of 'Pluto', 'Fido', and British flame weapons, or in a vastly different field, of penicillin, the extent to which the achievements depend on team work is unmistakable. Sir Cecil Weir was at pains recently to emphasize the way in which in 1942 the Ministry of Supply brought together potential manufacturers of penicillin and interested men of science, and the fact that production was under way or about to commence in twelve factories run by eight firms was the direct outcome of the team work thus engendered. As a particular instance is the help given by experts of the Medical Research Council, and especially Dr. R. I. N. Greaves, of the Serum Drying Unit, Cambridge, in the design of the freeze-drying plant of the Glaxo penicillin plant at Greenford.
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Team Work in Science. Nature 156, 581–584 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156581a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/156581a0