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STUDIES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS

Reply to: 139 Webb Circle

ALBERT ROTHENBERG M.D.
Monroe, Connecticut 06468

Principal Investigator,

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry 203: 268-4137

July 25, 1974

Professor Joshua Lederberg
Department of Genetics
Stanford University
Stanford, California

Dear Professor Lederberg:

Thank you for your letter of July [8th stating that you would be able to meet with me during
my upcoming visit to California. | am very pleased that you can arrange this and | shall
plan to call you shortly after my arrival to arrange an appointment.

With respect to your request for references, | have taken the liberty of enclosing a full list
of my publications to give you an idea of the kind of work | do. However, may | presume
to request that you not read any of my work prior to our interview? | know this may sound
paradoxical, but, from the viewpoint of a psychological approach, it usually seems better
that a person not know the researcher's hypothesis in advance so that he is not unduly
influenced, either tacitly or explicitly. | hope you understand the reasons for my concern.

With appreciation and best wishes,

Sincerely,

Mba

Albert Rothenberg, M.D.

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