File 2 - "Biography of an Atom: Reader's Digest"

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JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/5/2/4/2

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"Biography of an Atom: Reader's Digest"

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  • 15 January 1964-18 February 1969 (Creation)

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Bronowski, Jacob (1908-1974), scientist
(1908 - 1974)

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Comprises: correspondence with readers of Reader's Digest about Bronowski's article on 'The Amazing Biography of an Atom' that appeared in the magazine (Jan 1964, condensed from New York Times Magazine); correspondence with Reader's Digest on producing reprints of 'The Amazing Biography of the Atom'; permission requests to reprint 'Biography of an Atom' in 'A Magazine Reader' for adults learning English (Collier-Macmillian International publishers, 1968) and in a textbook on 'Using Prose' (Donald Lee and William Moynihan, 1967).

Also includes a paper on 'Atom Building and Photosynthesis' by Grandison Gardner sent to the Reader's Digest in response to Bronowski's article, and a reprint of 'The Amazing Biography of an Atom' from the Reader's Digest.

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      Box 52:6

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