Add MS 86840/79

Annotations and manuscripts originally part of a collection of offprints etc. received by John Maynard Smith filed under 'Pi-Pu'. Contents include:

• Annotation to 'Why change mates?' by Michael W. Pienkowski and Jeremy J.D. Greenwood. Anotation reads: 'With best wishes, Jeremy'.

• Handwritten letter from David Policansky to John Maynard Smith dated 1 Aug 1980 attached to the draft of 'Sex choice and size advantage hypothesis in jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)' by D. Policansky.

• Letter from Andrew Pomiankowski to John Maynard Smith dated 2 Aug 1991 attached to the draft of 'Sexual selection' by Andrew Pomiankowski and John Maynard Smith. The draft is annotated by Maynard Smith.

• Annotation to 'Science: problems, aims, responsibilities' by Karl R. Popper. Annotation reads: 'To John Maynard Smith from the author'. The second folio of the article is damaged (torn at the bottom).

• Annotation to 'Viability measurements and the survival of microbes under minimum stree' by John R. Postagte. Annotation reads: 'With Complients, John'.

• Note attached to proof of 'Functionalism and the possibility of group selection' by Vernon Pratt. Note reads: 'With many thanks for supplying the reference. A fuller paper to follow. Vernon Pratt'. Annotation on the front page of the article reads: 'Forthcoming in History and Philosophy of Science'.

• Letter from Jean Bricmont to John Maynard Smith dated 27 May 1996 regarding Popper. Enclosed is a Letter from Shneior Lifson to Jean Bricmon dated 2 Apr 1996.

• Annotation to 'Fisher's fundamental theorem made clear' by G. Price. Annotation reads: 'To John Maynard Smith, wishes from George'.

• Proof of 'Developmental genetics and evolution of symbiotic structures in nitrogen-fixing nodules and arbuscular mycorrhiza' by N.A. Provorov et al.

The full range of authors represented in the original collection of offprints etc. filed under 'Pi-Pu' is Michael W. Pienkowski, Naomi E. Pierce, David Pimentel, Stuart L. Pimm, Steven Pinker, Robert Plomin, David Policansky, M.R. Pollock, Karl R. Popper, Richard H. Porter, John R. Postgate, Donald F. Poulson, Stephen Powles, Vernon Pratt, G.R. Price, C.R. Pringle, J.W.S. Pringle, Timothy Prout, Nikolai Provorov, Reginald Crundall Punnett, Anne E. Pusey and Hilary Putnam. The date range of the original collection of offprints etc. filed under 'Pi-Pu' is 1947-2001.