Papers relating to Waddington's visit to Gothenburg University to lecture on the School of the Man Made Future, March 1973, 1972-1973
Scope and Contents
The material also contains a typescript titled 'Development in Connection with 'World Problems' at the University of Edinburgh', presumably written by Waddington, and a copy of the 1972 annual report of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Human Conditions, as well as some correspondence regarding another trip Waddington made to the University of Gothenburg in October 1973, this time specifically to the Department of Physiology.
Dates
- Creation: 1972-1973
Creator
- From the Series: Waddington, Conrad Hal, 1905-1975 (embryologist and professor of animal genetics, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open, subject to the researcher completing a Data Protection undertaking form wherever noted.
Biographical / Historical
Waddington gave a lecture in March 1973 at the University of Gothenburg's Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Human Conditions, on the subject of the School of the Man Made Future, which he was in the process of establishing in Edinburgh. Whilst in Sweden in March 1973 he also gave other lectures at the Academy of Engineering Sciences and the School of Engineering, Uppsala University.
Full Extent
1 folder
Physical Location
CLX-A-1064
Subject
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1739-:) (Organization)
- University of Gothenburg (1891-:) (Organization)
- University of Gothenburg, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Human Conditions (fl. 1973) (Organization)
Repository Details
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