File 3 - "The Ascent of Man, Research by Bronowski"

2 files (2 parts)

Comprises correspondence between Bronowski and others on topics in 'The Ascent of Man'.

Part 1 contains: letters from Elizabeth Kilham Roberts (BBC) regarding research trips to Venice and Archivio Segreto to look at papers about Galileo for 'The Ascent of Man'; a note from Sylvia [Fitzgerald] to Kathy [Verlander] on photographs for 'The Ascent of Man'; correspondence between Bronowski, Dr A Romero Herrera (Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge) and Jo Gladstone [was Marquand] about amino acid differences between myoglobins; a copy of a letter from Francis Maddison (University of Oxford, Museum of the History of Science) on checking a passage referring to the astrolabe, and a mistake relating to an Islamic calculating instrument in 'The Ascent of Man' programmes; a letter from Clair Patterson (Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology) relating to metallurgy with a reply from Bronowski; a letter from Professor Jay Rosenblatt (Institute of Animal Behaviour, Rutgers University) sending photographs of ring-dove behaviour with a reply from Bronowski; a letter from George A Saliba (Department of Near Eastern Languages, University of California at Berkeley) to Josephine Gladstone on an enquiry about Jai Singh; telegrams sent between Bronowski, Adrian Malone and Professor Michael Day and notes about an archaeological discovery by Leakey; a letter from Bronowski to Dr G Sarabhai (Department of Atomic Energy, India) asking for help to be able to film in India; a letter from C M Bennett (British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem) on meeting Bronowski during filming at Jericho and thanking him for sending a copy of ['William Blake and the Age of Revolution']; a letter from Bronowski to Dr Yves Coppens (Musée de l'Homme) arranging a meeting in Paris; a letter from Bronowski to Professor J L Sert on structural models of buildings by Antoni Gaudi; letters from Bronowski to Professor Philip Morrison (Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute to Technology) thanking him for lending items; correspondence between Bronowski and Professor Robert Briggs (Indiana University, Department of Zoology), and copies of Briggs' letters to Dick Gilling, on an experiment Briggs carried out with King on nuclear transplantation being included in 'The Ascent of Man'; a letter from Bronowski to Professor Allen Debus (Department of History, University of Chicago) thanking him for helping Dick Gilling; letters between Bronowski and Professor Arthur Galston (Yale University, Department of Biology) on an experiment on nuclear transplantation and Galston's work on the use of defoliating chemicals in Vietnam; correspondence with Edith Müller (The Astronomical Institute at Utrecht, Netherlands) on her book on Moorish Ornaments in Granada; a letter from Bronowski to Nicole Bronowski [daughter] asking for help with pictures and sculptures for 'The Ascent of Man'; correspondence between Bronowski and Professor Derek de Solla Price (Department of History of Science, Yale University) on Bronowski asking for information on the development of astronomical instruments and clocks, and the observatory at Jaipur; letters between Bronowski and Owen Gingerich (Professor of Astronomy and the History of Science, Harvard University) on astronomy; letters between Bronowski and Professor Theodosius Dobzhansky (The Rockefeller University) on blood groups; and letters between Bronowski and Professor Jan Kott (Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages, State University of New York at Stony Brook) and Dr L Kolakowski (All Souls College, Oxford) on Jozef Szajna (Polish artist).

Part 2 contains: a note from Christopher Parker (San Diego State College) on sending Bronowski a reprint he had requested; correspondence with individuals at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Tennessee, United States) on nuclear energy and Bronowski visiting Oak Ridge; correspondence with Cambridge University Press on Bernard Cohen's 'Introduction to Newton's Principia'; correspondence with Robert Synder on films made by him showing animal behaviour; correspondence with the Rand Corporation on visiting and possibly using their computer displays in 'The Ascent of Man'; a letter from Bronowski to Joseph Goldsen (Concilium on International and Area Studies, Yale University) on computer systems, with an acknowledgement from Ethel Himberg (Administrative Assistant); letters between Bronowski and Professor Lynn White (Department of History, University of California at Los Angeles) on the relation between medicine and the development of the clock in China; letters between Bronowski and Professor Robert Braidwood (The Oriental Institute of Old World Prehistory, University of Chicago) regarding advice on filming sites to illustrate the beginnings of agriculture in Turkey; a letter from Bronowski to Professor Cyrus Levinthal (Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York) on a film Levinthal had made about folding proteins; correspondence with individuals at the Smithsonian Institution on subjects including the domestication of animals and plants, and Dick Gilling and others visiting and filming at the Smithsonian; a letter from Bronowski to Professor Mat Meselson (Department of Biology, Harvard University) on an experiment in growing garden peas by Gregor Mendel; letters between Bronowski and Edward Rosen (The City University of New York) on papers at the Vatican about Galileo's trial; a letter from Bronowski to Masaru Ibuka (Sony Corporation, Tokyo) asking Ibuka to give Dick Gilling help and advice on Japanese science and technology; a letter from Bronowski to Professor Robert Heizer (Department of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley) asking for information on Southern Californian Native Americans, with a reply from Jane Beaumont (secretary); correspondence with Dr Herbert Passin (TBS Britannica Co. Ltd, Tokyo) on Samurai swords; correspondence with Professor Loren Eiseley (Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania) on the history of American Indians; a letter from Bronowski to Academician M.D. Millionshchikov (U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow) about Russian scientists; letters between Bronowski and Professor Victor Thoren (Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University) on the relationship between new astronomical thought and three dimensional painting in the Renaissance; letters between Bronowski and Professor Howard Mumford Jones (Harvard University) on Greek fire; a letters from Bronowski to Professor Paul Doty (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University) and Joseph Slater (Anderson Foundation) asking for advice and help to get permission to film in Russia and possibly China.

Part 1 also includes an information pack on 'The Ascent of Man' produced by Time-Life Films.