File 2 - "Spares - 1A" mainly typescripts of Bronowski's Charles Beard lectures in Oxford and relating to George Bernard Shaw

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JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/9/2/2

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"Spares - 1A" mainly typescripts of Bronowski's Charles Beard lectures in Oxford and relating to George Bernard Shaw

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  • 1947-1951 (Creation)

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Bronowski, Jacob (1908-1974), scientist
(1908 - 1974)

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Contains: typescript notes for 8 lectures given for the Charles Beard lectures at Ruskin College Oxford - lecture 1 (undated), on 'The Clockwork Universe' (2nd lecture, 26 Jan 1951), on 'The Society of Gulliver' (3rd lecture, 31 Jan 1951), 4th lecture (7 Feb 1951), on 'The Concepts of Science and Ethics' (5th lecture, 9 Feb 1951), 6th lecture (27 Feb 1951), on 'Science and the Scapegoat' (7th lecture, 27 Feb 1951), and on 'The future of Science in Society' (8th lecture, 6 Mar 1951); a typescript of 'A Guide to Building Study' (Dec 1951); an annotated typescript of 'Three Plays for Impuritans' relating to George Bernard Shaw (Feb 1947); a transcription of a talk by Bronowski on George Bernard Shaw (7 Nov 1950); and typed extracts from 'The Explanation of Natural Laws' by William Kneale.

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      Box 120:2

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