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- 1 March 1967-31 March 1967 (Creation)
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1 file
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Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Editorial Assistant to Bronowski) and Audrey Drake (Secretary to Bronowski), and photocopies of handwritten letters from Bronowski.
Subjects include: thanking individuals that Bronowski met during his visit to Oregon to deliver the Condon lectures; arrangements for Bronowski to give the Korzybski Memorial Lecture on 'Towards a Philosophy of Biology' (New York, Apr 1967) and other lectures in the New York area [as the Sigma Xi-RESA National Lecturer]; publications by Bronowski; the Szilard Collection of books at the Salk Institute; Pacifica Radio (Hollywood, California) broadcasting a talk by Bronowski on Leonardo da Vinci; 'The Discovery of Self' being broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; Bronowski giving advice for a program on Robert Oppenheimer; [portrait] photographs of Bronowski by David Farrell; concern for Bronowski's brother (Leo Baron) in Rhodesia (letter to Gerard Piel); invitations for speaking engagements; the death of J L Montrose; and support for the Western Behavioral Sciences Institute to develop a Policy Research Center being established by the United States Office of Education.
Includes: a copy of a letter from Bronowski to Karl Popper on subjects including thanking him for sending a signed copy of 'Art and Illusion' by Ernst Gombrich (signed by Popper and Gombrich) and re-reading 'The Logic of Scientific Discovery' by Popper; a copy of a letter from Bronowski to Indira Ghandi congratulating her on winning the Indian election, and on scientific education in schools and universities in India; and a copy of a letter from Bronowski to Charles Snow [C P Snow] on reading Snow's account of [Thomas] Hardy in the 'Atlantic' [magazine].