| Needham/NRI2/SCC2/9 contains: |
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| 80 |
Letter from Dale Riepe, Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo, U.S.A. about a visit to the U.K. and his work on Indian Philosophy |
| 81 |
Circular letter from Dr. A.K. Bag of the Indian National Science Academy about a 'three-day National Seminar on 'Science and Technology in India in 18-19th Century'', (January 1980) |
| 82 |
Letter from Abdul Rahman of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Dehli, India, inviting Joseph Needham to attend a Seminar on 'Science and Technology in India in 18-19th Century' and copy of Joseph Needham's reply |
| 83 |
Christmas card from Sousin [?] Roy of New Dehli, India |
| 84 |
Circular letter from Dr. Vijayendra Ramakrishna Shastry of the Indian Association for History and Philosophy of Science advising of the Association's 'First National Conference, June 22-24, 1981' |
| 85 |
Documents relating to a proposed visit to the U.K. by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya of Calcutta, India |
| 86 |
Correspondence with Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya of Calcutta, India about his book 'Studies in the History of Science in India' |
| 87 |
Letter from Dr. Vijayendra R. Shastry of the Indian Association for History and Philosophy of Science inviting Joseph Needham to attend its annual sessions on the history of science in 1985 and 1986 and Joseph Needham's reply |
| 88 |
Letter from Abdul Rahman of New Dehli, India about a possible Joseph Needham lecture on the 'values of old civilisations, the present commercialisation and future perspectives' and Joseph Needham's reply |
| 89 |
Leaflet advertising 'A Handlist of the Sanskrit and Pakrit Manuscripts in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine' |
| 90 |
Joseph Needham's notes of a 'Talk with Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya, May Day afternoon 84' on a 'project for a near History of Science in India' and Chattopadhyaya's plan for a book 'Science and Technology in Ancient India' |
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine
| Title |
Documents relating to a proposed visit to the U.K. by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya of Calcutta, India |
| Reference |
SCC2/9/85 |
| Creator |
Needham, Joseph; Ling, Trevor; Chattopadhyaya, Debiprasad; Wright, Patricia. |
| Covering Dates |
12 Jan. 1981–27 July 1981 |
| Extent and Medium |
12 sheets; Paper |
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| Content and context |
The documents include a copy of a letter to Chattopadhyaya regarding practical arrangements for his visit to Cambridge, 25 January, 1981; letter from Trevor Ling of the Department of Comparative Religion, University of Manchester about the arrangements for the visit, 25 January, 1981; typed sheet of biographical data for Chattopadhyaya and his wife Dr. Alaka Chatterjee; copy of Chattopadhyaya's completed 'British Council Visitors Proposal Form'; letter from Patricia Wright of The Biritsh Council apologising for the fact that 'Professor Chattopadhyaya had not turned up and that nothing had been heard from him of his plans to visit Britain'. |
| Index Terms |
| Chattopadhyaya, Debiprasad (1918-1993) Bengali Marxist philosopher |
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