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- 1 December 1972-29 December 1972 (Creation)
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Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Fitzgerald (Editorial Associate to Bronowski and Secretary for Science Horizons Inc.) and Kathleen Verlander (Secretary to Bronowski).
Subjects include: work for 'The Ascent of Man' book, programme 6 of the television series, and payments for the series; plans for launching 'The Ascent of Man'; the Christmas concert at the Salk Institute; a planned symposium to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Copernicus' birth sponsored by the Joint Committee on Renaissance Studies of the Salk Institute and the University of California, San Diego (May); publications by Bronowski; and discussion of an academic debate around inheritance and IQ (letter to David Layzer, Department of Astronomy, Harvard University).
Also includes carbon copies of a typescript of "Dr. Bronowski talks about The Ascent of Man", and a letter of reference for Dr P F M Paul (colleague at the National Coal Board) from Bronowski, sent to the Natural Environment Research Council.