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28 July 1981

Mr. Joshua Lederberg

President, Rockefeller University
66th Street and York

New York, NY 10021

' Dear Mr. Lederberg:

Genes, Radiation, and Society, by Elof Axel Carlson, is the first
biography of the Nobel Prize-winning geneticist H. J. Muller, who
first showed that exposure to radiation will produce mutations in
living organisms. Because of your extensive work in genetics, I

thought you might enjoy reading and commenting on Carlson's forth-
coming book. I have enclosed bound proof, hoping that this is so.

 

the book to aid our promotional efforts. Since we work under the
exigencies of a very tight schedule, your response within the next
month would be appreciated.

J We would be very grateful for a short statement of your opinion of

Thank you very much. The book is due to be published in December.
We will, of course, send you a finished copy.

Yours sincerely,

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