The Chemistry Dept,
Harvard,
Cambridge, Mass
4th April 59
Dear Aaron,
Thank you so much for your congratulations. For various reasons I was very surprised and have not really got used to it yet!
Do write about your ideas about virus structure. I think its obvious why one has the icosahedron [sic] rather than the dodecohedron [sic] (ie because one can't easily pack pentagonal faces), but further than this I have not gone. I assume that there is a simpler, underlying layer, which is 532, and which acts as a "nucleus" for the outer layer to form on.
What is happening about the plans [?] that you
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is a fairly central spot, but I should like to press Max to get you to Cambridge before then if we can find a little space. Would you let me know how things are at your end?
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Odile and I have been to New Orleans and also to Gatlingburg [sic] in the Smokies as you can see