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- 4 January 1970-8 November 1974 (Creation)
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Comprises correspondence, mainly with Synthese (an international journal for epistemology, methodology and philosophy of science), Zygon (journal of Religion & Science), The American Scholar, and Robert S Cohen (Boston University, department of Physics), relating to publication of Bronowski's paper on 'New Concepts in the Evolution of Complexity: Stratified Stability and Unbounded Plans' in the journals and in 'Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science' (book).
Also includes: correspondence with 'The Philosopher's Index' on publishing an abstract of Bronowski's paper; notes for 'The Evolution of Complexity' from discussions at Institut de la Vie (1969); photocopied galley proofs; copies of letters sent to The American Scholar about the article; some related articles by other authors and copies of letters to Nature (journal) on "creation versus evolution"; a letter from John Galbraith (University of California, Los Angeles) about the article; a typescript of an additional section to be included in The American Scholar publication of the paper; and a "revised copy" of the typescript of 'New Concepts in the Evolution of Complexity'.