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- 1 May 1968-29 May 1968 (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 Kathleen Murray (Secretary to Bronowski).
Subjects include: discussion of Jacques Monod's criticism of a paper by Bronowski (letter to Monod); plans for 'Man and Nature in the Renaissance' symposium jointly sponsored by the University of California at San Diego and the Salk Institute; useful contacts to provide background material for a planned BBC television programme on William Blake [to be presented by Bronowski]; invitations for speaking engagements; publications by Bronowski; Bronowski recording some of his lectures for broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; a planned brochure about the Salk Institute; Bronowski recommending Daniel Rose (New York) as a trustee for the Salk Institute; discussion of ideas in 'Satan Stultified' and 'The Freedom of the Will' by John R Lucas, Merton College, Oxford (letter to Lucas); and inviting Professor Karl Pribram to give a seminar at the Salk Institute, and to have discussions with Bronowski and Roman Jakobson there.