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MS. Bodmer 9

Summary

Subjects include:

Folder 1: '17th April 1972 to 15th June 1972'. 1st International G.A.P. Conference; renaming of the Eugenics Council; 5th International Histocompatibility Workshop; Conference on the Mathematical Theory of the Dynamics of Biological Populations, Oxford

Folder 2: '15th June, 1972 to 7 August, 1972'. Letter to Sir Frederick Dainton on advances in knowledge in genetics and proposed book; joint research proposal with Dr. Batsheva Bonne (includes mention of Samuel Karlin and Sir Isaiah Berlin); computing at Oxford University; Draft memorandum on 'some legal, social and ethical issues arising out of the Working Party's scientific discussions to date; meeting on the mathematical theory of the dynamics of biological population - 'Deterministic models in population genetics'

Folder 3: '7th August 1972 to 8th December, 1972' and '12th December 1972 to 1st February 1973'. Sir Isaiah Berlin, the Rothschild and Wolfson foundations; syllabus for Genetics lectures; workshop on Cell Hybridisation and Somatic Cell Genetics; uptake of DNA into animal cells; summary of Genetics course and lectures; letter to Samuel Karlin on Karlin's paper on modelling for the Oxford Meeting; National Association for gifted children; heritability; Hogkin's Report; collaborative research project between Israel and Oxford; genetic basis for instinct or innate characteristics; EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organisation) Workshop on Cell Hybridisation and Somatic Cell Genetics; 'intelligence and race'

Date

1972-1973

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (3 folders)