OCT 12 1964

NEW SCIENTIST

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professor co. Lederbers,

Jeoartnent of awenetics,

stanford University i.edical Venter,
Salo alto,

valifornia,

vear Joshua,

T have deen viving a lot of thousat
future develonnent of New scientist and
javite your cooneration in -elvins us %
naper. tn particular I believe that the
and tnoushtfulness of the naver can be 41
we make substantially sre eter use of a

  

 

 

 

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Scientists wero are also first-class writers.
At present our voli beat it must in lopye monsure
contiaus) is to publish aber nronared, often 2urriedly,
oy whoever is tie exoert on a neubsect we are after. we do
not re-write in the vay toat some other fournesls fo, becuse
we like to oreserve the writer's incivicduallty. athe poe reOne

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nowever, is sometnins rather breathless end

     
       

  

 

T would therefore like to suzsest

that you misht undertake to write us a numoer of anti

the cours® of &@& year, on subdsebs to oe asreed, wilen
de wore essay-like (more relexed, reflective | 2
than either accounts of, or comments on :

“ney micatv, of course, de timely in the Cr

snould be prenared in a fairly leis surely mea en mhasis on
exposition, one wursuit of stimuletins ane seneral
literary ee in snort, we are anxious to revive ons
colourful, ishtly wreitsen scientific essay, in modera suise

and with a ae readership in mind.

iy reasons Tor sus sesula} that you snould uncuerbexe a
nunber of articles of this ‘sind in tic course of a year Cand

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the fisure that I heve in mind is betweea 4 and 5S, eacn of
about 2000 words); are, first that you yourself may think 1b
is not a one-off job but a continuin; «nd worthwhile pursuit
naa, secondly, that our readers may come to ldencify you 5
the raner and look forward to your further contributioas.

iG would expect to cay more than our usual rates for such a
set of articles.

 

 

Je are approaching a number of otner seonle
time, so taat you woule de taking part in a seneral
reinvisgorase science writins.

    

 

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T heve no vreconcenrtions about imes the suogect

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be or even what th seneral character of the articl
pe - exceot that they should be roacdly emcer ned vi 1 ‘where
we are join: with selence"”. in this pro3rann lieve Ghat
the ideas should orisinate mainly froa the consributor and. that
we should merely approve them in relation to wnat else ve are
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Unfortunately I do not exvect to visib tie vaited states
until next year. if vou are not 502 So De in Tondon ia bae
near future serhans we can work sonethin:s oub by corressondence.

Wifh, Look wishes » ee
Tours sincerely,
Nivcel Jalder
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