Item K/PP178/9/1/20 - Articles by Robert Young, 1971-1972

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K/PP178/9/1/20

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Articles by Robert Young, 1971-1972

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  • 1971 - 1972 (Creation)

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Draft and published articles by historian of science Robert Maxwell Young, including: typescript text, ‘The historiographic and ideological contexts of the nineteenth century debate on man’s place in nature’; text of a BBC Radio 3 broadcast by Young, ‘The anthropology of science’; ‘Darwin’s metaphor: does nature select?’, published in The Monist, 1971.  Also covering letter from Young to Wilkins, Feb 1972, referring to a forthcoming talk to Wilkins’ students by Young

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A significant portion of the collection items are available online in the Maurice Wilkins and Medical Research Council Biophysics Unit archive hosted by the Wellcome Library.

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