File 7 - 'The Clock Paradox'

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JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/5/2/7

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'The Clock Paradox'

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  • July 1960-20 May 1963 (Creation)

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

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A photocopy of 'The Clock Paradox' (Scientific American, Feb 1963, vol. 208. no. 2) by Bronowski was added to this file from a later accession received in Aug 2014.

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Comprises correspondence, notes and source material (articles by others) relating to Bronowski's article on 'The Clock Paradox' about Einstein's theory of relativity (Scientific American, Feb 1963, vol. 208, no. 2).

Also includes: copies of the article; correspondence and press cuttings on an academic dispute about relativity between Herbert Dingle and Bronowski started by an experiment shown in Bronowski's 'Insight' television series (c.1961); a typescript of 'Paradox Proved' by Bronowski (for Scientific American, Dec 1960); and 2 annotated typescripts entitled "Cosmic Time - Aldus Books (Dummy Only)" (Jan 1963).

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      Box 53:10

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