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TitleLetter from Thomas Gold to Professor Raymond Arthur Lyttleton FRS, Instutute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, B3 0HA, England
Date3 February 1976
DescriptionKnew of his fame and the New York Times X-word, and he sent a copy to Bondi.

Is glad he did not go to the San Diego meeting - although this deprived him of the pleasure of Lyttleton's company. The organizers annoyed him a little, as first they invited him as a keynote speaker and then acted as if he had foisted himself upon the meeting and they might graciously allow this.

What he would have talked about is that solid convection in the mantle is impossible, as there is no way in which a solid from which iron was drained out could become homogenous enough for the slight density differences due to temperature to beat the ones due to composition.

Willsuggest Lyttelton's name for a review of The Earth. Perhaps this would prevent further editions.
Extent1p
FormatWatercolour
AccessStatusOpen
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