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Moore, Ruth E. Research materials for Niels Bohr - the man, his science and the world they changed, [ca. 1912]-1983.

Title: Research materials for Niels Bohr - the man, his science and the world they changed, [ca. 1912]-1983.

Printed material; draft manuscript of book; correspondence; newspaper and magazine clippings; notes. Printed material (1912-1975) collected by Moore, consists of copies of Niels Bohr's scientific publications and addresses (1912-1963), and related articles (1923-1975) concerning Bohr's work by colleagues and other authors. Draft manuscript of book, NIELS BOHR - THE MAN, HIS SCIENCE AND THE WORLD THEY CHANGED, published in 1966, with editorial changes and corrections by the author. Correspondence (bulk 1963-1966) is mostly with Harold Strauss, editor at Alfred Knopf, Inc., on the book's progress and success; and with Bohr's family and colleagues seeking information and personal anecdotes about Bohr. Also includes translations of Bohr's letters to colleagues on scientific and personal matters. Newspapers and magazine clippings (1966-1983) of book reviews and letters, assembled by Moore, from the general public regarding the book's reception. Notes (1963-1966) by Moore, on Bohr from various sources including personal interviews with family and colleagues. Topics include: nuclear and atomic physics, prevention of the nuclear arms race, and administration of the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen. Correspondents include: Aage Bohr, Margrethe Bohr, George Gamow, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and John Wheeler.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83086369 View

Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962. Niels Bohr lectures and interviews [sound recording], 1949-1962.

Title: Niels Bohr lectures and interviews [sound recording], 1949-1962.

Many of Bohr's lectures, as well as informal interviews (including the one conducted as part of Archives for History of Quantum Physics (AHQP)) on tape and, in one case, on a record (78 rpm). Transcriptions of some of the lectures exist; those not already included in other collections form part of this collection (T) indicates that a transcription exists. -- Recordings of Bohr's lectures include: Gifford lectures, Edinburgh (1949)(T); Biology seminar, USA (1957); Oklahoma lecture (1957)(T); Macalaster College (1957); Compton Lectures, MIT (1957)(T); Carlson lecture, Iowa (1957)(T); Rutherford Memorial Lecture, London (1958)(T); Culture Congress, Copenhagen (1960); Genetics Institute, Cologne (1962)(T). -- Recordings of conversations/interviews with Bohr include: Bohr and Oppenheimer, Copenhagen (1958)(T); Bohr interviewed by Aage Bohr and Léon Rosenfeld, Risvild (1959)(T); Conversation with Dr. Sasher, Tisvilde (1959); Conversation with Virginia and Robert Bell, La Jolla (1959)(T); Conversation with stud. jur. Skovgard, Mrs. Else Bohr, Mrs. Magrethe Bohr, Tisvilde (1959)(T); conversation with Margaret Gowing and Aage Bohr, Copenhagen (1962)(T); AHQP interviews (1962)(T).

ArchivalResource: Sound recordings: ca. 40 10-inch, 5 7-inch sound tapes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154306462 View

Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008. Letters to John A. Wheeler, 1977.

Title: Letters to John A. Wheeler, 1977.

A collection of letters, "A Family Gathering," assembled from Wheeler's colleagues and students, concerning recollections of their work and association with him, and of his influence on their professional careers. Presented on the occasion of his retirement (1977) as professor at Princeton University. Correspondents include: Henry H. Barschall, Aage Bohr, Richard P. Feynman, and Daniel Sperber.

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81639654 View

Inglis, David Rittenhouse, 1905-1995. Conversations with David Inglis, [videorecording] Feb.-May, 1989

Title: Conversations with David Inglis, [videorecording] Feb.-May, 1989

Series of titled interview sessions with David Inglis as the subject and a varying group of his colleagues participating. Part 1 (Feb. 16, 1989): "Physics and Physicists in the 1920s and 1930s" includes discussion of Inglis' student days; theoretical physics; Wolfgang Pauli. Part 2 (Feb. 23, 1989): "The War Years" with discussions about Inglis' years at Johns Hopkins, and the development of the atomic bomb at Los Alamos Laboratory. Part 3 (March 28, 1989): In "The Frontiers of Physics", the group discusses the nuclear shell model. Part 4 (April 25, 1989): "The Post War Years" discussion centers on scientists and politics of the era. Part 5 (May 2, 1989): "The Problems of Arms Control and Disarmament". Part 6 (May 4, 1989): "The 1970s and 1980s", where the group continues to discuss nuclear power; Atoms for Peace; wind power; nuclear accidents like Chernobyl. Also prominently mentioned are: Bernard Baruch, Hans Bethe, Aage Bohr, Niels Bohr, Gregory Breit, Edward U. Condon, Walter M. Elsasser, Enrico Fermi, Richard Feynman, Werner Heisenberg, Alfred Land, David Lilienthal, J. Robert Openheimer, I. I. Rabi, George Shortley, Leo Szilard, Edward Teller, Eugene Wigner; Atoms for Peace, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

ArchivalResource: Transcript, 139 pp.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80975922 View

Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008. Papers, [ca. 1950s-1970s].

Title: Papers, [ca. 1950s-1970s].

This collection includes correspondence, notebooks, reports, and recordings. The twenty-eight volumes of notebooks, which are his daily record of calculations, meetings attended and conversations held about his work, are of primary significance. They cover physics, nucleonics, quantum electrodynamics, and relativity.

ArchivalResource: ca. 17,000 items (24 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154298147 View

Bohr, Aage. Oral history interview with Aage Bohr, Margrethe Norlund Bohr and Léon Rosenfeld, 1963 January 23 and 30.

Title: Oral history interview with Aage Bohr, Margrethe Norlund Bohr and Léon Rosenfeld, 1963 January 23 and 30.

Joint interview with Aage Bohr, Margrethe Nrlu︣nd Bohr, and Léon Rosenfeld. Part of the Archives for the History of Quantum Physics oral history collection, which includes tapes and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted with ca. 100 atomic and quantum physicists. Subjects discuss their family backgrounds, how they became interested in physics, their educations, people who influenced them, their careers including social influences on the conditions of research, and the state of atomic, nuclear, and quantum physics during the period in which they worked. Discussions of scientific matters relate to work that was done between approximately 1900 and 1930, with an emphasis on the discovery and interpretations of quantum mechanics in the 1920s. Also prominently mentioned are: Hanna Adler, Harald Bohr, Kristen Bohr, Niels Henrik David Bohr, Christian Christiansen, Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, Mrs. Heisenberg, Werner Heisenberg, Harald Höffding, James Jeans, Oskar Benjamin Klein, Hendrik Anthony Kramers, John Larmor, Inge Lehmann, Wolfgang Pauli, Johannes Pedersen, Edgar Rubin, Ernest Rutherford, John Joseph Thomson, and Mrs. Trier.

ArchivalResource: Sound recording: 1 7-inch sound reel (ca. 2.5 hrs.), 2 sessions.Transcript: 37 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80927807 View

David Rittenhouse Inglis Papers FS 033., 1929-1980, 1965-1980

Title: David Rittenhouse Inglis Papers 1929-1980 1965-1980

David R. Inglis enjoyed a distinguished career in nuclear physics that ranged from theoretical work on the structure of the nucleus in the 1930s to the development of the atomic bomb in the 1940s and work on renewable energy in the 1960s and 1970s. A Professor of Physics at UMass from 1969-1975, Inglis was a founding member of the Federation of American Scientists and from the mid-1940s on, he dedicated himself to informing public policy on the dangers of nuclear technologies. The Inglis Papers offer a perspective on the life and career of a theoretical physicist who grew from an early involvement in the Manhattan Project to becoming a committed critic of nuclear weaponry and nuclear power. Although the collection is relatively sparse in unpublished scientific work, it includes valuable correspondence relating to Inglis's efforts with the Federation of American Scientists and other organizations to influence public policy on issues relating to disarmament and nuclear power.

ArchivalResource: 12 boxes; 5.75 linear ft.

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American Physical Society. Meeting (1976 : Washington, D.C.). Distinguished Speaker Session [sound recording] 1976 April 28.

Title: Distinguished Speaker Session [sound recording] 1976 April 28.

Speakers include: James Rainwater, "Background for Suggesting a Spheroidal Nuclear Model;" Aage Bohr, "Rotational Motion in Nuclei;" Ben Mottelson, "Elementary Modes of Excitation in the Nucleus;" John P. Schiffer, "View of the Effective Force between Nucleons inside Nuclei;" and Ugo Fano, "Dynamics of Electron Excitation by Collision." W. A. Fowler, presiding.

ArchivalResource: 2 sound tape reels (2.5 hrs.) : 3 3/4 ips, analog, mono. ; 7 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83857666 View

Atoms for Peace Awards records

Title: Atoms for Peace Awards records

Atoms for Peace, Inc. was formed by the Ford Motor Company as a memorial to Henry and Edsel Ford to present awards to those who made contributions to the peaceful uses of atomic energy. In August 1955, James R. Killian, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, accepted the invitation of Henry Ford II to serve as chairman of the Organization and Planning Committee for the Atoms for Peace awards. The directors of the Ford Motor Company authorized an appropiation of one million dollars at a rate of $100,000 annually for ten years. Ten awards were given, the first in 1957, and the last in 1969. The collection consists of the records of executive secretary Bryce Leggett, and includes minutes of meetings and biographies of nominees.

ArchivalResource: 5.0 cubic feet; (1 record carton, 10 manuscript boxes, 1 flat storage box)

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Lauritsen, Thomas, 1915-1973. Papers, 1922-1974, (bulk: 1952-1973)

Title: Papers, 1922-1974, (bulk: 1952-1973)

Correspondence, reprints, proposals, monographs, research data, clippings, and notes from lectures, conferences, travel, and courses. Also included are materials relating to his work with many government and professional organizations, e.g., the Atomic Energy Commission, National Academy of Sciences, and the American Physical Society. Bulk of the collection is from after World War II. A principal correspondent is Fay Ajzenberg-Selove. Other correspondents include his father, C. C. Lauritsen, Luis Alvarez, Hans Bethe, Niels and Aage Bohr, and William A. Fowler.

ArchivalResource: 10.5 lin. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78006848 View

Bohr, Aage. Aage Bohr papers, 1950-1993.

Title: Aage Bohr papers, 1950-1993.

Papers document Aage Bohr's personal research as well as the development of the Niels Bohr Institute, a world center for nuclear physics, as well as other areas of theoretical physics. The correspondence, which comprises the bulk of the papers, covers the period 1950-1980, and includes in-coming as well as out-going letters. There are about 3100 correspondents, of which about 600 are considered to be of special importance. It includes material on the Institute's connections with Eastern, particularly Soviet and Chinese, physics and physicists at a time when East-West relations were practically blocked. Addition of 19 boxes contains scientific and administrative correspondence from 1981-1993 (8 boxes), and materials regarding funding and international cooperation, particularly with Eastern Bloc countries from 1965-1980 (11 boxes).

ArchivalResource: 6 meters (70 boxes)19 boxes (addition)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154306501 View

Thomas Lauritsen papers, 1922-1974

Title: Thomas Lauritsen papers, 1922-1974

Professor of nuclear physics, California Institute of Technology,1941-1973. Includes correspondence, proposals, monographs, research data, lecturenotes, conference, travel and course materials, materials relating to work with governmentand professional organizations, e.g., the Atomic Energy Commission, National Academy ofSciences, and the American Physical Society. Bulk of collection from after World War II.Principal correspondent is Fay Ajzenberg-Selove; others include his father, C. C.Lauritsen, Luis Alvarez, Hans Bethe, Niels and Aage Bohr, and William A. Fowler.

ArchivalResource: 9.5 linear feet.

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Casimir, H. B. G. (Hendrik Brugt Gerhard), 1909-2000. Oral history interview with Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir, 1963 July 5 and 6.

Title: Oral history interview with Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir, 1963 July 5 and 6.

Part of the Archives for the History of Quantum Physics oral history collection, which includes tapes and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted with ca. 100 atomic and quantum physicists. Subjects discuss their family backgrounds, how they became interested in physics, their educations, people who influenced them, their careers including social influences on the conditions of research, and the state of atomic, nuclear, and quantum physics during the period in which they worked. Discussions of scientific matters relate to work that was done between approximately 1900 and 1930, with an emphasis on the discovery and interpretations of quantum mechanics in the 1920s. Also prominently mentioned are: Homi Bhabha, Niels Henrik David Bohr, Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, Paul Ehrenfest, Albert Einstein, Walter M. Elsasser, Enrico Fermi, Ralph Fowler, George Gamow, Samuel Abraham Goudsmit, Walter Heitler, Hendrik Anthony Kramers, Lev Davidovich Landau, Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Walther Nernst, Wolfgang Pauli, Rudolf Ernst Peierls, Max Planck, Ernest Rutherford, H. Schüler, J. Solomon, Otto Stern, George Eugène Uhlenbeck, and B. L. van der Waerden.

ArchivalResource: Transcript, 44 pp.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81378939 View