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- September 1961-November 1972 (Creation)
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Contains: a poem by Bronowski about genetics (12 Nov 1972); pages from 'TV guide' with schedules including 'The World of William Blake' [United States title for 'A Man is, So he sees'] (20 May 1969) and 'Science and Society' (19 Jul 1970); a press cutting and photocopy of an article about the United States space programme which quoted from Bronowski's 'The Common Sense of Science' (The New York Times, 7 Feb 1971); a photocopy of a letter by Bronowski about Galileo published in The New York Review (9 Mar 1972); a photocopy of a page from a publication about "science support" and featuring a photograph of the Salk Institute Council for Biology in Human Affairs; a press cutting of 'The Drama is Cloak and Dagger' by Bronowski (a review of 'The Physicists' play by Friedrich Durrenmatt (The San Diego Union, 31 Jul 1966); a typescript, annotated photocopy and a copy of The Nation containing 'The Fruits of the Two Seasons' by Bronowski (review of 'Blake and Tradition' by Kathleen Raine, 22 Dec 1969); a photocopy of 'High-Minded and Light-Hearted' by Bronowski about Bertrand Russell (The Nation, 16 Feb 1970); a press cutting of 'The New Medicine Looks into Our Old Problems' (S. F. Sunday Examiner and Chronicle, California Living, Mar 1970) about Bronowski and the Salk Institute; a press cutting from The Christian Science Monitor on 'The impact of research' discussing the Salk Institute Council for Biology in Human Affairs' (21-24 Feb 1970); a reprint of 'Language, Name and Concept' by Bronowski and Ursula Bellugi (Science, 8 May 1970) with a photocopy of a published letter by Bronowski and Ursula Bellugi about Washoe the Chimpanzee (Science, 24 Jul 1970); a reprint of a review by Giustino Broccolini of the Italian edition of 'The Identity of Man'; a leaflet publicising 'Nature and Knowledge: The Philosophy of Contemporary Science' (publication of Bronowski's Condon lectures); a promotional leaflet about the Salk Institute; a copy of the Cambridge Review containing 'Technology and Culture in Evolution' by Bronowski (8 May 1970); a promotional leaflet for "Homefire: no smoke, full flame, living fire" from the National Coal Board [relates to Bronowski's involvement with developing smokeless fuels]; a page from The San Diego Union television schedule containing an article about Bronowski's television film on William Blake (The San Diego Union TV Week, 18-24 May 1969); a reprint of 'On the Uniqueness of Man' (Bronowski's review of 'Biology and Man' by George Gaylord Simpson, Science, 15 Aug 1969); photocopies of press cuttings from the United Kingdom of reviews of 'As a man is, so he sees' (about William Blake) and 'Leonardo da Vinci' television films (Jan and Feb 1969); a photocopy of an article in Italian about Bronowski and 'The Identity of Man' (Della Scuola, 10 Oct 1968); a photocopy of 'Order and Disorder' by Bronowski for the 17th International Design Conference, Aspen (23 Jun 1967); a cutting from Medical World News featuring photographs of Melvin Cohn, and Bronowski speaking to Francis Crick at the Salk Institute (13 Dec 1968); a press cutting and photocopy of articles by Irving S Bengelsdorf (Science Editor, Los Angeles Times) sent to Bronowski by Bengelsdorf (1966); a Salk Institute newsletter containing articles on Karl Popper being a visiting Fellow at the Institute and Bronowski delivering the Condon lectures (vol. 2, no. 1, May 1967); a promotional leaflet for Bronowski's lecture to the Women's Association of the Salk Institute on 'Science and Imagination' (5 May 1965); a typescript of 'The Impact of New Science' delivered at the Fortune magazine California conference (May 1967); a press release about publication of 'The Face of Violence' (15 May 1967); press cuttings of reviews of 'The Face of Violence' book, 'The Western Intellectual Tradition' and 'The Identity of Man'; a leaflet for 'Man and Nature in the Renaissance' symposium (Committee on the Renaissance, University of California at San Diego and the Salk Institute) featuring a lecture on 'Magic and Science in Renaissance Humanism' by Bronowski (12 May 1968); a promotional poster for Bronowski's 'The Identity of Man' lectures at Sherwood Hall, La Jolla; a photocopy of an article entitled 'Why our scientists are about to be dragged, moaning, into politics' by John Fischer (Harper's Magazine, Sep 1966) which mentions Bronowski; a press cutting of 'Scientists should not work for State' by Gerald Leach about a lecture on ['The Disestablishment of Science'] given by Bronowski at a conference on 'The Social Impact of Modern Biology' (The Observer, 29 Nov 1970); and a copy of the San Diego Union newspaper containing 'Globe to show 'Face of Violence'' (24 Jan 1971).
Also includes a certificate given to Bronowski by the Women's Guild of Temple Emanu-El, San Diego, on honouring him as a "Gentleman of Distinction" (25 Jan 1969).