'The Message of the Genes: We're All Different' | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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Title

'The Message of the Genes: We're All Different'

Shelfmark

MS. Bodmer 1764

Summary

Comprises:

Folder 1: The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: Associated correspondence including references and assistance from Walter Bodmer to various recipients, letter of invitation from Julia Bodmer to niece and nephew. File also includes; one black and white portrait photograph of Walter Bodmer, Christmas lecture booklets from 1979/80/82/83/85, draft illustration of booklet cover (1984), press-cuttings of television listings, 1984 Christmas Radio Times magazine, colour illustration which reads; 'good health', filming sequence for 'The Chicken, the Egg and the Molecules' (Royal Institution Christmas Lecture 1980/1), 'Common Sense' (Royal Institution Christmas Lecture 1982/3), memoranda between Walter Bodmer and secretary. Photocopies of extracts from published chapters

Folder 2: Lectures 1, 5, 6: File includes correspondence regarding publication of book (1985), BBC Micro Programs for Royal Institution Lectures, BBC correspondence regarding the filming of a discussion with Bodmer, computer input directions, summary of lecture 'Our Future Inheritance – The New Genetics' (The Royal Institution 1983), two annotated typescripts of Lecture 1 'We are all different', memoranda between Bodmer and secretary