Papers of M H F Wilkins: papers relating chiefly to arrangements for Wilkins’ lecture tour of Japan

Correspondence, notes, background information and press cuttings (in English and Japanese) relating to Wilkins’ lecture tour of Japan, 1982, including: article, ‘The impact of science on society’ by Max Perutz, offprint from Cambridge Review, Oct 1981; programme for conference, ‘Science and man’, Tokyo, Apr 1982, organised by the Japanese national newspaper Asahi Shimbun; correspondence relating to travel arrangements. Also invitation (in French) to take part in a conference’ Les voies de la connaissance’ (‘Paths to knowledge’), to be organised by French radio channel France Culture in Tsukuba, Japan, Nov 1984, with details of the proposed agenda, and Wilkins’ refusal.

1981-1984

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The original material is held at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.