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- 14 September 1964-27 March 1974 (Creation)
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Comprises letters inviting Bronowski to speak, act as a consultant, appear on a television show, and attend events, with replies declining.
Correspondents are: General Atomic, Division of General Dynamics Corporation, inviting Salk Institute Fellows to take part in a course of lectures on radiation biology (c.1964) and inviting Bronowski to lunch with the Chairman of Gulf Oil and the President of General Atomic (1967); Glencoe Press asking Bronowski to act as a consultant for a series of English text books; Global Communications Limited (Canada) inviting Bronowski take part in 'The Great Debate' television show on astrology (1973); Douglas G Goldie and Associates Limited on not including Bronowski in The Steel Company of Canada, Ltd.'s 'The Canadian Farm Forum' as it was sticking to an agricultural format (1968); The Green Meadow Foundation, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute for Economic and Social Studies (Switzerland) inviting Bronowski to attend the International Forum on the Control of Human Aging (1971); Greater San Diego Reading Association asking Bronowski to take part in an Authors' Fair (1974); and Stuart Green asking Bronowski to give a talk on his trip to India at a Forum at the La Jolla Presbyterian Church (1966-67).
Also includes a programme, list of speakers and further information for the International Forum on the Control of Human Aging and a photocopy of an article from the New Scientist entitled 'Longer life by 1990?'.
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'Longer life by 1990?' by Dr Alex Comfort was published in New Scientist, 11 Dec 1969.
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This file was originally in a ring binder.