University of Edinburgh, Science Studies Unit (1966-:)

Scope and Contents Reference copies of of anuual reports from departments within the University of Edinburgh (including the the Department of Forestry & Natural Resources, the Science Studies Unit and the Department of Bacteriology) as well as for the University of Manchester School of Biological Sciences: Department of Cell and Structural Biology, along with other related publications.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds: Consists of papers collated by Geoffrey Beale as part of the preparation of his biographical memoir of Charlotte Auerbach for the Royal Society, published in 1995. Contains: Correspondence regarding Beale's research about Auerbach, papers concerning Auerbach's family history, copies of Auerbach's obituaries, letters from colleagues to Beale concerning Auerbach and a copy of the Royal Society memoir itself;Cassette tapes of interview recordings made of Charlotte Auerbach by Geoffrey Beale;Copies...

Scope and Contents Contains: correspondence regarding Waddington's lectures to the Unit and the 1966 International Science Studies seminar; first and second reports from the Science Studies Unit (1966-1971); and a letter from the President of the State University of New York, Albany to Waddington (23 September 1966) concerning their proposed conference 'Scientific Revolution - Its Impact on Man and Society'.

Scope and Contents The file contains various bibliographies including: documents from the Athens Technological Organisation, Athens Center of Ekistics; photocopy of a working draft of 'Alternative Images of the Future: A Preliminary Inventory, compiled by Michael Marien, Educational Policy Research Center, Syracuse University Research Corporation, February 1971'; 'Environmental Pollution, Science...

Scope and Contents Interviews with: Sir William Lawrence Bragg ( 1890-1971), physicist (1 CD) Sir Harold Brewer Hartley ( 1878-1972 ), physical chemist (23 CDs) Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell ( b1913), radio astronomer, pioneer of radar and radio telescopes (3 CDs) Lord John Boyd Orr ( 1880-1971), nutritional physiologist (1 CD) Sir Frederick Stratten Russell...

Scope and Contents Contains interviews with: Charlotte Auerbach, Alick Buchanan Smith, Lord Balerno, F.A.E. Crew, Frank Fraser Darling, Hugh Paterson Donald, Honor Fell and Alan William Greenwood. The interviewer in all cases is Margaret Deacon.

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