File 2 - "Einstein"

1 file

Comprises material relating to Bronowski's articles and broadcasts about Albert Einstein, with correspondence and source material.

Contains: a draft of Bronowski's commentary for a television programme about Einstein for Canadian television (12 Apr 1964); an annotated typescript of 'Albert Einstein: A Tribute and An Assessment' by Bronowski (undated); a reprint of 'The Clock Paradox' by Bronowski (Scientific American, vol. 208, no. 2, Feb 1963); a typescript biography of Einstein (The Columbia Encyclopedia, 3rd edition); a copy of an address that Einstein gave to scientists in Italy (c.1945); notes and a letter about Bronowski's articles on Einstein; 2 annotated typescripts of 'Albert Einstein' by Bronowski (Sep 1955 & 13 Sep 1956); an extract and press cutting of Bronowski's article in 'The Observer' (14 Jun 1953) on 'Dr Einstein's Unities'; a press cutting of 'The Greatness of Albert Einstein' by Bronowski (The Listener, 18 Mar 1954); a transcript of a radio talk by Bronowski on Einstein for Einstein's 75th birthday [a BBC broadcast] (14 Mar 1954); an annotated typescript of 'Did Einstein have a hand in making the Hydrogen Bomb?' by Bronowski (May 1954); and a press cutting of a profile of Einstein (The Observer, 3 Jan 1954).

Also includes: correspondence with Bayless Manning (Stanford University School of Law) on an Einstein quote in 'Einstein: His Life and Times' by Philipp Frank; a copy of a letter to Professor A Salem (Imperial College of Science and Technology, London) sending Einstein quotes and references; correspondence with ARCO Publications Ltd (London) and Morris Fine (editor of American Jewish Year Book) relating to Bronowski possibly contributing a biography of Einstein to the Yearbook (1956); correspondence with ARCO Publications Ltd (London) on Bronowski contributing a critical biography of Einstein to a collection of short biographies of Nobel Prize winners in Science and Literature (c. 1955); a copy of a letter to Carey McWilliams (The Nation, New York) on a biography of Einstein (1955); correspondence on permission for a French magazine ('Preuves') to publish Bronowski's talk on Einstein which had been published in 'The Listener' BBC magazine (1954); a letter to Bronowski from ? at the BBC [about a broadcast Bronowski had made] (1 Apr 1954); and a letter to Bronowski from Dr T E Allibone (Associated Electrical Industries Limited Research Laboratory) on a broadcast by Bronowski on 'Greatness of Einstein' (25 Mar 1954).

Additionally includes "material from other sources": a chronology of "Jewish activities of Albert Einstein in the United States" sent from the American Jewish Committee; a photocopy of a press cutting in German (1914); a press cutting of 'Reconsidering Relativity' by W B Bonner (The Listener, 18 Nov 1954); a transcript of a radio tribute to Einstein on his 70th birthday by Professor Jacques Hadamard, Dr Arthur Compton and Professor Niels Bohr (13 Mar 1949); and a copy of Einstein's letter to President Roosevelt (2 Aug 1939) on the development of the atomic bomb.