Letter from Francis Crick to John T. Edsall, Fogarty International Center
- Title:
- Letter from Francis Crick to John T. Edsall, Fogarty International Center
- Creator:
- Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
- Recipient:
- Fogarty International Center and Edsall, John T.
- Date:
- 29 March 1971
- Description:
- In his letter Crick called for "constructive approaches" to research on the interaction of heredity and environment in the formation of intelligence, an issue brought to the forefront of public debate in the late 1960s by the writings of William Shockley and Arthur Jensen. In particular, Crick called for more research on identical twins separated at birth.
- Original Repository:
- The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
- Location:
- Box: 22. Folder: PP/CRI/D/2/14
- Rights:
- Reproduced with permission of the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. and http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/
- Genre:
- Letters (correspondence)
- Subject:
- Genetics and Environment
- Format:
- Text
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Relation:
- Letter from John T. Edsall, Fogarty International Center to Francis Crick, 1971 Letter from John T. Edsall, Fogarty International Center to Francis Crick, 1971
- Language:
- English
- Legacy Source Citation:
- Original Repository. Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers. 11646. URL. http://archives.wellcome.ac.uk/
- Legacy ID:
- SCBBNK
- NLM ID:
- 101584582X194
- Profiles Collection:
- The Francis Crick Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X194
- Story Section:
- Embryology and the Organization of DNA in Higher Organisms, 1966-1976