File 35 - Correspondence mainly about Bronowski's writings and 'The Brains Trust' (television programme) with articles and a script for a radio talk

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JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/1/5/35

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Correspondence mainly about Bronowski's writings and 'The Brains Trust' (television programme) with articles and a script for a radio talk

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  • 1948-1961 (Creation)

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Bronowski, Jacob (1908-1974), scientist
(1908 - 1974)

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Includes: a review of 'Scientific Explanation' by R B Braithwaite for 'Scientific American' (1953); notes and correspondence on a possible book of short essays (c.1957); correspondence with publishers on possibly publishing 'Science and Human Values' as part of a series (c.1960); copies and press cuttings of an address on 'Knowledge and Education' and articles by Bronowski including 'Einstein is seventy-five', 'The Search for Truth' (1959), 'Are Scientists Human' (1949), 'A Sense of the Future' (1948), 'Living Through an Intellectual Revolution' (1952); a letter from Bronowski on 'a Programme for Induction'; letters from G H Hardy's sister on Bronowski speaking about G H Hardy on 'The Brains Trust' with a photograph of Hardy (1957); annotated typescript of 'Genetics Then and Now' (undated); annotated script for Bronowski's talk on 'Unbelief and Science' for the BBC Third programme (1948).

Also includes an article by Warren Weaver entitled 'A Scientist Ponders Faith' (1959).

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      Box 132:11

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