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- 13 December 1961-16 April 1974 (Creation)
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Comprises correspondence with individuals, mainly based at Universities.
Correspondents include: Maxwell H Goldberg (Associate Director of Humanities, College of the Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State University) on sending Bronowski copies of his books (promotional leaflets included): Professor Rose K Goldsen (Department of Sociology, Cornell University) on shared interests in the "implications of modern scientific advances"; [Harry] Golombek; Professor E H Gombrich on subjects including Renaissance Humanism; Dr Marcus Goodall (Institute for Biomedical Research, American Medical Association); Dr David A Goodman (Newport Neuroscience Center) on establishing the Neuroscience Center and sending Bronowski leaflets that he had written (included); Dr Roderic Groney (Department of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine) on a course based on his book 'The Human Agenda' (course outline and book précis included); Ray Gould (The Compassionate Arts, Fellowship of Reconciliation) on a charity auction which Bronowski contributed Christmas poems and illustrations to (auction catalogues and lists included); Dr Edwin J Grace (Grace Medical Group) on "medical philosophy" particularly relating to 'The Common Sense of Science' and 'The Identity of Man'; Charles Graham (Graham and Scheunemann, Attorneys at Law) on subjects including Bronowski visiting him in Denver, Colorado; Cecil H Green on shared academic interests, reading books and articles by Bronowski and meeting in La Jolla and Dallas; Dr Daniel A Greenberg (Department of History, Columbia University, New York); Professor I C Gunsalus (Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois); Professor Peter Gunter (Department of Philosophy, North Texas State University).
Also includes: a reprint of 'The Impact of Technological Change on the The Humanities' by Maxwell H Goldberg; a copy of 'Note on Brain Models and The Problem of Induction' by M C Goodall; a typescript and reprint of 'A New Surgical Philosophy comes to Life' by Edwin J Grace and Vernon Bryson; an invitation to a reception at the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine.
The signature has been cut out of a letter from E H Gombrich, 15 Mar 1969.
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'The Impact of Technological Change on the The Humanities' by Goldberg was published in The Educational Record (Fall 1965) by the American Council on Education.
'A New Surgical Philosophy comes to Life' by Edwin J Grace and Vernon Bryson was published in The Journal of the International College of Surgeons, Vol. 44, No. 6, Dec 1965.