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1936 Harvard Univeristy "Macroscope"...
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1936 Harvard Univeristy "Macroscope"...

Item # 729774 ·
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 31, 1936 

* Harvard University Tercentenary celebration
* Albert Einstein amongst many others - "Macroscope"

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "'Macroscope' of 72 United Brains To Examine Mankind at Harvard" with subhead. (see images) 
Complete with all 32 pages, light toning at the margins, some mending along the margins of a few inside pages, generally good.

Background: The August 30, 1936, New York Times article by Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter William L. Laurence stands out as an exceptionally rare piece of speculative science journalism, coining the metaphoric term "macroscope"—an instrument constructed not of glass or metal, but from the synthesized intellect of "72 united brains"—to describe the unprecedented assembly of world-renowned scholars gathered for Harvard University's Tercentenary Celebration. What makes the content so extraordinary is Laurence’s grand framing of human civilization itself as a "guinea pig" under examination by an all-star philosophical council—which brought together luminary Nobel Laureates and thinkers such as Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Carl Jung, Sir Arthur Eddington, John Dewey, and Arthur Compton—aiming to combine physics, biology, psychology, and economics into a single, cohesive view of mankind's future. This coverage is particularly notable and historical because it captured a rare moment of global interdisciplinary synthesis on the eve of World War II, using visionary language to conceptualize how collective human intelligence could serve as a powerful lens to diagnose and guide the macro-forces of modern society.
Category: The 20th Century
Price
$52
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.