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Last modified on Wed 3 Feb 2021 07.33 EST How does a single fertilised egg divide and morph into an embryo with head, tail, limbs and organs? That question was an inexhaustible source of fascination to the biologist Lewis Wolpert, who has died aged 91. With a twinkle in his eye, he told audiences it was not birth, marriage or death, but gastrulation – the stage in which a uniform ball of cells folds to become differentiated layers with the beginnings of a gut – that was “truly the most im...

Professor Lewis Wolpert, biologist, author and regular on TV and radio discussing science and depression – obituary After suffering suicidal depression, with his candour and dry humour Wolpert found himself in demand to talk about his experiences Professor Lewis Wolpert: a knack for explaining scientific ideas Credit: Eleanor Bentall Professor Lewis Wolpert, the developmental biologist and author, who has died of Covid-19 aged 91, was for many the approachable face of science, as a presenter ...