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- 1914-18 April 1973 (1914, 1939, 1949 and 1964-1973) (Creation)
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Comprises: photocopies, reprints and press cuttings of articles by others (some annotated) including a biographical memoir of Leo Szilard by Eugene Wigner; typed research notes for programmes 11 and 10; a draft summary of programme 11 including filming locations; and a one-page outline for programme 11 entitled "The spectrum of information: The role of radiation".
Also includes: a copy of a letter from Albert Einstein to Franklin D Roosevelt (President of the United States) about uranium (1939); a copy of a memorandum on atomic bombs sent to the President of the United States [Roosevelt] by Leo Szilard (1939); handwritten notes on Leo Szilard's early career by Trude Szilard Weiss (his wife); copies of pages from 'The World set free' by H G Wells (1914); an annotated patent specification for "improvements in or relating to the transmutation of chemical elements' (1934, published 1949); and a table on "the spectrum of information" showing the qualities of types of radiation.
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This file was originally in a ring binder with research for programme 12 (Bronowski 6/3/1/13).