File 16 - General Correspondence: Ma-Mic

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JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/3/2/16

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General Correspondence: Ma-Mic

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  • 23 July 1962-9 September 1974 (Creation)

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Comprises correspondence with, and on, individuals including: David MacDermott with his in-depth thoughts about 'The Identity of Man', asking to use a quote from Bronowski on metaphor, and subjects in MacDermott's book entitled 'Meta Metaphor'; Christopher Macy (Rationalist Press Association) on an open letter to President Tito of Yugoslavia about universities in Yugoslavia; E Louise Mally on the influence of Bronowski's writing on her thinking; Genevieve Marcus (Director of Experimental City I) on the Experimental City I project; Professor Henry Margenau (Department of Physics and Philosophy, Yale University) on Margenau's use of the word "construct"; Dr Milton Marney (Advanced Research Department, Research Analysis Corporation); Professor Abraham Maslow (Brandeis University, Massachusetts) on a paper by Mr Clear Marks on human cooperation and welfare, shared academic interests and reading each other's publications; Dr Guillermo Massieu (Instituto Politecnico Nacional , Mexico City) inviting Bronowski to take part in a round table discussion and on the possibility of publishing a Spanish translation of 'Science and Human Values'; Professor J Maynard Smith (The University of Sussex) on research relevant to Leslie Orgel's hypothesis of the mechanism of ageing; Donald McCullough (question master on 'The Brains Trust' radio programme) and his wife, Mrs H K McCullough, on Bronowski's reminiscences of working with McCullough and a party for "veterans of the BBC Brains Trust Program"; William J McGill (Chancellor, University of California, San Diego); James McKinley (Department of English, University of Missouri, Kansas City) on writing a biography of Robert Graves; Eugene J McVoy on his paper 'Weltanschauung' (included); Sir Peter Medawar (Medical Research Council) on shared academic interests and Bronowski inviting Medawar to be a member of the Council for Biology in Human Affairs; Dr Matthew Meselson (American Association for the Advancement of Science, Herbicide Assessment Commission) on military use of herbicides including anti-plant warfare in Vietnam, and research into birth defects caused by defoliants; Mrs Eugene Meyer [Agnes Meyer]; and Diana Michaels (United States representative, International Association for Cultural Freedom).

Also includes: a reference for James Malley; newsletters from the George C Marshall Research Library (1971); a list of parts received for a light sculpture by Edna Root from Peter Merrill (Professional Engineer); correspondence with Jane Allen (The Rockefeller Foundation) relating to a proposal for a conference on the social responsibility of the machine-intelligence research worker by Dr Donald Michie (Department of Machine Intelligence and Perception, University of Edinburgh) with copies of 'Machine Intelligence 6' edited by Michie and Bernard Meltzer.

The signatures have been cut out of letters from Peter Medawar (6 Aug 1969) and Matthew Meselson (17 Mar 1970).

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      For further correspondence with Genevieve Marcus on the Experimental City project see Bronowski 3/9/5.

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      'Machine Intelligence 6' was published by Edinburgh University Press, 1971.

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      Binder 75

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