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- 18 August 1965-28 September 1967 (Creation)
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Comprises correspondence relating to Bronowski visiting Oregon (18 Feb - 4 Mar 1967) and delivering the Condon Lectures on 'The Philosophy of Contemporary Science' (20-28 Feb 1967). Bronowski gave 2 lectures (one on 'The Physical Sciences' and one on 'The Biological Sciences') and both lectures were delivered at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon State University in Corvallis and Portland State College in Portland.
Also includes: a press release from the News Bureau of the University of Oregon; itineraries for Bronowski's visit; press cuttings about the lectures; an 'OU News Bulletin' announcing the lectures (17 Feb 1967); a photocopy of an annotated copy of 'The Logic of Nature' by Bronowski (from 'The Political Quarterly', Jul-Sep 1955, vol. XXVI, no. 3); letters from people that Bronowski met in Oregon including Andries [Deinum] who interviewed Bronowski after the Condon lectures; correspondence relating to tape recordings of Bronowski's Condon lectures and films of the interviews conducted by Andries Denium; correspondence with James H Austin (Professor of Neurology, University of Oregon Medical School) on the subject of serendipity in biology; photocopies of Bronowski's handwritten notes for the lectures; promotional leaflets for seminars associated with Portland division of Continuing Education; a "speaking engagement" information sheet [made for the file].
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See Bronowski 13/8 for audio recordings of Bronowski's lectures on 'The Philosophy of Contemporary Science' and Bronowski 14/1 for films of an interview of Bronowski conducted by Andries Denium (Portland Division of Continuing Education) after Bronowski had delivered his Condon lectures.
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Bronowski's Condon lectures were published as 'Nature and Knowledge: The Philosophy of Contemporary Science' by the Oregon State System of Higher Education (Oregon, 1969).