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- 20 June 1973-5 December 1974 (Creation)
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1 file
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Comprises letters from the Canadian general public and employees of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) mainly on appreciation of 'The Ascent of Man' television series, with some replies from Bronowski, holding replies from Kathleen Verlander or annotated as replied to by Bronowski.
Letters also include discussion of subjects prompted by watching 'The Ascent of Man' series including: synthesis of adenine, forms of knowledge, humans not being the only animals that mate face to face, Dr Immanuel Velikovsky, validity of extra sensory perception, and religion.
Also includes: a letter from Stephen Taylor (Memorial University of Newfoundland) thanking Bronowski for a reply to a previous letter and on an article about John von Neumann in 'The Listener'; correspondence with B W Brooker (president, B W Brooker Engineering Ltd) on 'The Ascent of Man' and meeting Bronowski to discuss ideas in the series (12 Oct 1973); a letter sending Bronowski audio tapes of experiments done on the writer's son whilst he was in a trance; and a letter from a former prisoner of concentration camps in Nazi Germany on philosophy and his life in Canada.