Contract #W-7405-eng-26
OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

OPERATED BY

CARBIDE AND CARBON CHEMICALS DIVISION

UNION CARBIDE AND CARBON CORPORATION

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POST OFFICE BOX P
OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE

March 23, 1950

br. Joshua Lederberg
University of Wisconsin
Department of Genetics
Madison, 6, Wisconsin

Lear Dr. Lederber gs

The National Research Council, Division of Biology and fgriculture, is
sponsoring the publication of a set of volumes on radiation biology. The
three volumes of the set, consisting of approximately 600 pazes each, will
deal, respectively, with high energy radiation, ultraviolet, and visible
light. The editorial committee which has been appointed for the volume on
ultraviolet consists of Dr. John R. Loofbourow, Dr. Farrington Daniels,
Dr. de W. Pollister, and Dr. L. J. Stadler. I am responsible for editing
this volume and will also be editor~in-chief of all three volumes.

It is planned to publish these volumes through the McGraw-Hill Book Company.
The enclosed outline will give you an idea of the chapters planned; the list
of authors will be announced as soon as acceptances are received.

we would like very much for you to take over chapter X, "Bacteria", of this
volume, It is tentatively planned to allot each author, whose chapter is
longer than twenty pages, a sum of $100 to $150 for typing and other expenses,

ie hope that the manuscripts will be in the hands of the chairman of the
editorial committee by aporoximately November lst. The chapters will then
be reproduced here so that copies can be exchanged among the authors with
the idea of bringing about a well-coordinated whole,

I hope very much that you can be with us on this project. «a list of instruc-
tions for preparation of the manuscript will be forwarded to yous

Very sincerely yours,

alexander Hollaender, Chairman
Editorial Committee, Volume on
Ultraviolet.

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VOLUME II - ULTRAVIOLET

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Technique
Sunlight
Absorption Spectra
“hotochemi stry
Ultraviolet and Stergols
Cytochemistry
Genetic Effects
Chromosomal Changes
Fungi
Bacteria
Viruses
4ction Spectra
Lethal Effects
Phtoreactivation
Sunburn and Erythema
Carclnogenie ffecta
Practical Applications

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