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Letter from Hugh Rawson to Marshall W. Nirenberg

Title:: Letter from Hugh Rawson to Marshall W. Nirenberg
Creator:: Rawson, Hugh
Thomas Y. Crowell Company
Recipient:: National Heart Institute (U.S.) and Nirenberg, Marshall W.
Date:: 17 August 1967
Description:: Rawson, editor for Thomas Y. Crowell Company book publishers, asks Nirenberg to consider the possibility of writing a book describing advances in genetics and assessing their probable social consequences. He mentions Nirenberg's Science editorial "Will Society Be Prepared?" as an example of demonstrating the need for "greater understanding of recent advances."
Location:: Box: 5. Folder: 14
Rights:: Reproduced with permission of Hugh Rawson.
Genre:: Letters (correspondence)
Format:: Text
Extent:: 1 pages
Relation:: Will Society Be Prepared?, 1967
Language:: English
Legacy ID:: JJBBVV
NLM ID:: 101584910X350
Profiles Collection:: The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584910X350
Story Section:: Beyond the Laboratory: Professional, Personal, and Political Life, 1967-2002