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- 2 October 1973-30 October 1973 (Creation)
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1 file
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Consists of carbon copies of letters sent by Bronowski, Sylvia Fitzgerald (Secretary for Science Horizons Inc.) and Kathleen Verlander (Secretary to Bronowski).
Subjects include: Bronowski travelling to New York to a meeting of the Editorial Board of The American Scholar (journal); plans for Bronowski's trip to London to promote 'The Ascent of Man' in October and November; appreciation of 'The Ascent of Man' television series, and discussion of subjects raised in the programmes; Bronowski's comments on a paper by David Layzer on 'Heritability Analyses of IQ scores: Science or Numerology?' (letter to Layzer); comments on a book by Harold Morowitz, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University (letter to Morowitz); comments on 'The Ideal Scientific Theory: A Thought Experiment' by Ervin Laszlo, Editor of The Philosophy Forum (letter to Laszlo); congratulating Sir Alan Cottrell on becoming the new Master of Jesus College (Cambridge); and plans for chapter 11 of 'The Ascent of Man' to be published in Atlantic Monthly (magazine).
Also includes carbon copies of letters from Bronowski to Chancellor Eugene Ouellette (Johnston College, University of Redlands, California) and to Chancellor Bowen (Claremont University Center, California) commending George Derfer and his work started as a Visiting Fellow at the Salk Institute.