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Lawrence Bragg and his Secretary, Corinne Wakefield, chiefly with correspondents...

Catalogue reference: W.L. BRAGG/54A/136-155

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W.L. BRAGG/54A/136-155
Title
Lawrence Bragg and his Secretary, Corinne Wakefield, chiefly with correspondents in the USA and Canada
Date
30 Dec. 1966 to 27 April 1967
Description

20 letters, typed & MS

Correspondence congratulating Bragg on his article, The art of talking about science, which appeared in Science, 30 Dec. 1966, and requests for reprints.

Letters from

a) E.H.Ahrens, Rockefeller University, 30 Dec. 1966: W.L. BRAGG/54A/136 With reply, 21 March 1967: W.L. BRAGG/54A/137

b) George H.Brown, Radio Corporation of America, Princeton, 3 Jan. 1967; W.L. BRAGG/54A/138 With reply, 6 Jan. 1967; W.L. BRAGG/54A/139

c) Roy W.Simonson, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Hyattsville, 4 Jan. 1967; W.L. BRAGG/54A/140

d) Sidney R.Frank, Aerometric Research Foundation, Goleta, 5 Jan. 1967; W.L. BRAGG/54A/141 With replies from Corinne Wakefield, 11 Jan. 1967, and Bragg, 17 March 1967: W.L. BRAGG/54A/142-143

e) Reinhold Benesch, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University, 5 Jan. 1967; congratulates Bragg on article and aks for further details about magnetic boards Bragg suggested using instead of slides: W.L. BRAGG/54A/144 With reply, 23 March, discussing boards: W.L. BRAGG/54A/145

f) Michael J.Trinkala, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, 10 Jan. 1967: W.L. BRAGG/54A/146 With replies from Corinne Wakefield, 17 Jan., and Bragg, 17 March 1967; W.L. BRAGG/54A/147-8

g) Trevor Lloyd, McGill University, Montreal, 13 Jan. 1967: comments on failure of North American scientists to influence public policy because of their inability to present their arguments to non-scientists: W.L. BRAGG/54A/149 With replies from Corinne Wakefield, 24 Jan. 1967, and Bragg, 21 March 1967: W.L. BRAGG/54A/150-151

h)G.A. Horridge, St Andrews, 16 Jan. 1967: W.L. BRAGG/54A/152

i) A.M. Thorndike Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1 Feb. 1967: W.L. BRAGG/54A/153 With replies from Corinne Wakefield, 8 Feb. 1967, and Bragg, 14 March 1967; W.L. BRAGG/54A/154-55

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Royal Institution of Great Britain
Language
English
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