Letter from Lord Noel Annan to Francis Crick

Letter from Lord Noel Annan to Francis Crick

Contributor(s):
The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
Annan, Noel , Lord
Publication:
Produced: 4 November 1968
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Biology
Genetics
Social Values
Economics
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
Annan here commented on Crick's Rickman Godlee Lecture, "The Social Impact of Biology," delivered at University College London on October 24, 1968. In his lecture Crick had raised ethical and political issues brought to the forefront by recent advances in science and medicine. Among other things, he had dismissed present laws regarding the use of cannabis as illogical, unnecessarily restrictive, and therefore prone to bring law itself into public contempt. He had also called for new approaches to controlling population growth, including restrictions on the right to reproduce.
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Extent:
2 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584582X203 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
SCBBNW
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X203
Archival Collection:
The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)