Papers of M H F Wilkins: papers relating to the World Federation of Scientific Workers conference, ‘Science, technology and peace’, Moscow, 1986

  • Leggett, Jeremy, b.1954; Wilkins, Maurice, 1916-2004; Cady, Duane L.; Pirani, Felix, b.1928; Bird, R. A.; World Federation of Scientific Workers (WFSW); Britten, Stewart; Healey, Denis; Adamson, David; Scientists Against Nuclear Arms (SANA); Oliver, M. K.; Clark, Catherine; The Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR; Sweetman, Bill, b.1956; Richardson, Doug; Cooper, Richard; Durham, William H.
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1985-1986
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K/PP178/11/2/6
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Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916-2004)
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Correspondence, programme, notes and briefing papers relating to the World Federation of Scientific Workers (WFSW) conference, ‘Science, technology and peace’, Moscow, 1986, including: article, ‘The noise of the Bomb’, by Jeremy Leggett, published in New Scientist, Nov 1985; booklet on the history and work of WFSW, 1986; manuscript notes by Wilkins, ‘Weapons research and the intrinsic morality of science’, Jul 1986; draft text, ‘Modern technology and moral opposition to war’ by Duane Cady, Professor of Philosophy, Hamline University, USA; draft text by Felix Pirani, Professor of Mathematics, King’s College London, ‘After zero-zero what would be left?’.

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1985-1986

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Wilkins, Maurice; King's College London; World Federation of Scientific Workers (WFSW); Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs; New Scientist; The Daily Telegraph; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Verification Technology Information Centre; European Committee to Preserve the ABM Treaty (ECPAT); The Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR; British Medical Journal; United States Information Service

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A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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Part of this file contains personal data and is closed. The rest of the file is open and available at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form. Restricted until 1 January 2087.

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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.

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