File 7 - "The Disestablishment of Science - Proceedings"

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JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/5/5/9/7

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"The Disestablishment of Science - Proceedings"

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  • 29 November 1970-19 January 1972 (Creation)

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

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Comprises correspondence, mainly with Professor Walton Fuller (School of Biological Sciences, University of London) and Professor Maurice Wilkins (President, British Society for Social Responsibility in Science), on Bronowski giving a paper on 'The Disestablishment of Science' at a meeting of the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science (Nov 1970), and subsequent publication in a book entitled 'The Social Impact of Modern Biology'.

Also includes: a typescript [of debate from the conference]; a photocopy of a press cutting about the conference (The Observer, 29 Nov 1970); publication proofs of 'The Disestablishment of Science' [for 'The Social Impact of Modern Biology']; and a page from the Bernal lecture (1971) by Sir Eric Ashby on 'Science and antiscience'.

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A "second draft" of 'The Disestablishment of Science' was removed from this file as it was a duplicate of a typescript in Bronowski 5/5/9/1.

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      Box 58:11

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