Letter from Salvador E. Luria to Linus Pauling

Letter from Salvador E. Luria to Linus Pauling

Contributor(s):
Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994
Luria, S. E. (Salvador Edward), 1912-1991
American Philosophical Society. Library. Salvador Luria Papers
Publication:
Produced: 25 March 1965
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Ethics
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
In an effort to "stir public conscience," on the war in Vietnam, Luria proposed to Pauling that a group of prominent scientists should protest the war by resigning their membership in the National Academy of Sciences. The NAS was created in 1863 during the Civil War so as to "investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science" whenever called upon to do so by any department of the government. Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a scientist.
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Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584611X39 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
QLBBCW
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584611X39
Archival Collection:
The Salvador E. Luria Papers (Profiles in Science)