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Title:
"The Social Impact of Biology" (Rickman Godlee Lecture) pdf (6,505,017 Bytes)
Description:
In this lecture, given as the Rickman Godlee Lecture at University College London on October 24, 1968, Crick assessed the effect biology and particularly genetics were having on demography, medicine, economics, social policies, and cultural values. He concluded by calling for "a new ethical system based on modern science" rather than on religion.
Item is handwritten.
Number of Image Pages:
36 (6,505,017 Bytes)
Date Supplied:
24 October 1968
Creator:
Crick, Francis
Source:
Original Repository: Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
URL: http://archives.wellcome.ac.uk/
Rights:
Reproduced with permission of the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine.
URL: http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/
Subject:
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
Biology
Genetics
Social Values
Economics
Exhibit Category:
Embryology and the Organization of DNA in Higher Organisms, 1966-1976
Relation:
Metadata Record Letter from Lord Noel Annan to Francis Crick (November 4, 1968)
Metadata Record Letter from H. Gobind Khorana to Francis Crick (November 8, 1968)
Box Number: 40
Folder Number: PP/CRI/E/1/16/13/1
Unique Identifier:
SCBBDK
Document Type:
Lecture notes
Language:
English
Format:
application/pdf
image/tif
Physical Condition:
Good
Series: Travels and Meetings
SubSeries: Meetings Attended
SubSubSeries: Travels and Meetings 1968
SubSubSubSeries: Rickman Godlee Lecture, University College London
Folder: Lecture Notes
Metadata Last Modified Date:
2004-12-20
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