| RefNo | PB/7/2/4/15 |
| Previous numbers | G.120-G.121 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Visit to Washington by Blackett, December 1966 |
| Date | 1966 |
| Description | Blackett delivered an address 'The Ever Widening Gap' at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), held on the general topic of 'Science in International Perspective'. The AAAS meeting was widened to become a joint meeting with the Washington Academy of Science (WAS) which sponsored Blackett's lecture as part of its 500th meeting programme.
Blackett was made Honorary Fellow of WAS and enrolled as Fellow of AAAS on this occasion; e alsio acted as Delegate of the British Association. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Blackett's address published as 'The Ever Widening Gap (Address to the Washington meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 27 December 1966)', 'Science, N.Y.', 155, 959 |