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20 Cheltenhan Street,
Lido Beach, New York.
August 28, 1964.

Dr. Joshua Lederberg,

Dept. of Genetics,
Stanford U. Medical School,
Palo Alto, California.

Dear Dr. Lederberg,
You have been courteous enough in the past to send me reprints

of some of your rapers. Now I am asking for permission to quote
passages from those tirst are listed below:

 

Lederberg & Tatum ~ Gene Recombination in BE. coli -
Nature 1946 Vol. 158, p. 558 ff.

Lederberg -— A View of Genetics - Les Prix Nobel en 1958

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The material ts to be “sad tn a book on famous experiments in
biology, written for the more carabdle® segment of our high school
porulation. JI should like to include excerpts from your parers
in a chapter on sexual rerroductton in bacteria.

   
  

The book will be rubitshed by Doubleday & Co., N.Y.C. eitner
late in 1964 or early in 1965. Therefore, it woult be most

helpful to me if you could see your way clear to sen: me an

early rerly granting permission.

Your courtesy in doing so will be greatly arp vprectatzd. It will
also serve an extremely important function in the education of
capable science-minded youngsters (like yourself in your Stuy-
vesant days). I believe such students stand to gain a great
deal by reaving about important biological contributions in the
very words used by the experimenter. Unfortunately, these re-
ports are not readily available to high senool students. I
hope to make some cf them available- with ~rorer editing where
necessary.

An addressed envelore is enclosed for your conventence in re-
plying. JI want to thank you for your assistance in this matter,
and wish you continued success in your undertakings.

Stneeresu Fn

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Chairman, Dept. of Biology
Abraham Lincoln #.S.
Brooklyn, 35, New York.

I am a member of the National Association of Science Vriters.

You are already familiar with my book - Genetics Is Hasy (whéch
badly needs bringing up to de ‘te). I am also author of several
other things, including HOW TO DO AN &XPiRlHeNT (Harcourt, Brace,
and World, N.Y.C.) and 8 folios in a series called Ths WUNDERS

OF LIF s published by Melson Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y.