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- 3 October 1966-31 October 1966 (Creation)
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Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Hodgson (Secretary/Editorial Assistant to Bronowski) and Audrey Drake (Secretary to Bronowski). Subjects include: a proposed symposium on 'Scientific Revolution - Its Impact on Man and Society' at the State University of New York; a meeting of the Van Leer Foundation in Jerusalem; Judith Bronowski having purchased a Austin Mini-Moke car in London and had it shipped to Los Angeles for Bronowski; Leo Baron's (Bronowski's brother) situation in Rhodesia; arrangements for Jacob and Rita Bronowski's trip to India, including suggestions for what to see in Japan (en route); publications by Bronowski; books to purchase for the Szilard collection at the Salk Institute; Bronowski delivering a lecture on 'The Search for Truth' at the New School for Social Research in New York City; arrangements for Bronowski to address meetings of the National Foundation in New York (Dec 1966); plans for Karl Popper and Lady Popper to visit the Salk Institute; and arrangements for Bronowski's Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture on 'Towards and Philosophy of Biology' (Apr 1967).
Also includes photocopies of handwritten letters from Bronowski. These include letters to: Hannah Arendt on appreciation of Arendt's article in the New York Review of Books about Rosa Luxemburg; Bryant Evans (San Diego Union) on appreciation of his article about Loren Eiseley; Ronald Bevan (Research Headquarters, Fighter Command [United Kingdom]) on Bevan visiting California; Dr Jerald C Kindred on wishing to meet to discuss the possibility of working together on language and the logic of the brain; and Henryk Skolimowski about 'Knowledge and Man' by Skolimowski.