Identity area
Reference code
Hoyle/Box 23/3/198
Unique identifier
GB 275 Hoyle/Box 23/3/198
Title
Typescript letter, signed, from José Maria da Fonseca, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, to FH
Date(s)
- 6 Apr 1979 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
3p paper
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Obtained FH's address from Professor Teodoro Vives. Comments that FH has the nickname 'Enfant Terrible' in the academic community because of his 'theories and great mental agility'. Asks if FH has won the Nobel Prize; thinks that his work on stellar nucleosynthesis deserves it. Praises FH dedication to teaching science. Comments on the communication of scientific ideas in FH's science fiction novels, especially in The black cloud. Asks about 'Bok's Cloud', and about research into electronic neural nets. Asks for contact information for Edmund Cooper and James Blish.