Franck, James. Papers 1882-1966

Lochte-Holtgreven, W.

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Teller, Edward, 1908-2003

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15 January 1908 Born, Budapest, Hungary 1926 1928 Student, Karlsruhe Technical Institute, Karlsruhe, Germany 1928 Student, University of Munich, Germany 1929 1931 Research associate, University of Leipzig, Germany 1930 Ph.D., University of Leipzig 1931 1933 Research associate, Guttingen, Germany 1934 Married Augusta (Mici) Harkanyi ...

Franck, James, 1882-1964

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James Franck was born August 26, 1882 in Hamburg, Germany, where his Sephardic Jewish forebears had lived for over two hundred years [Box 20, folder 58 and Box 21, folder 1]. His father, Jacob Franck, was a banker who wanted his son to follow a business career in keeping with family tradition. From childhood on, however, James could imagine no other life but science. An X-ray photograph illustrates his fascination with new discoveries in physics. He had already read of Roentgen's X...

Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962

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Niels Bohr was a Danish physicist who made tremendous contributions to his field, transforming accepted notions of atomic structure, helping to develop nuclear fission, and advocating for international cooperation in crafting responsible nuclear policy. Bohr was born in Copenhagen in 1885 into a family that encouraged his academic pursuits. Christian Bohr, his father, was professor of physiology at the University of Copenhagen. Bohr credited his father for awakening hi...

Gaffron, H. (Hans)

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Teller, Edward 1908-

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Pauli, Wolfgang, 1900-1958

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Pysicists (theoretical, atomic, and nuclear physics). On the physics faculty at Kobenhavns Universitet (1922-1923); Universität Hamburg (1923-1928); and Eidgenössische Ttechnische Hochschule Zürich (1928-1958); and visiting professor, Institute for Advanced Study (1935-1936, and from 1940). From the description of Letters. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83030815 Physicist (theoretical, atomic, and nuclear physics). On the physics faculty at Kobenhavns Universitet, 1922-19...

Laue, Max ˜vonœ 1879-1960

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Major affiliations include: Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 1905-1909, 1919-1943; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany, 1909-1912; Universität Frankfurt-am-Main (later Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Universität Frankfurt), Frankkfurt-am-Main, Germany, 1914-1919; Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany, 1951-1960. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122521272 Physicist. Major affi...

Courant, Richard, 1888-1972

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Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968

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Lise Meitner was born in Austria on 7 November 1878, the daughter of the Viennese lawyer, Phillip Meitner. In 1901 she entered the University of Vienna, becoming Doctor of Philosophy in 1906. In the following year Meitner left Austria and went to Berlin [Germany] to study with the physicist Max Planck, becoming joint discoverer of Thorium-C in 1908. In 1912 Meitner moved on to work with Otto Hahn at the Chemical Institute, Kaiser Wilhelm Gesellschaft, in Göttingen. During the First World War ...

Oldenberg, Otto, 1888-....

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Otto Oldenberg (1888-1983) came to Harvard in 1929 as lecturer of physics. He became professor of physics in 1930, and retired from that office in 1955. From the description of Papers of Otto Oldenberg, 1908-1971 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76976794 ...

Platzman, Robert L.

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Robert Leroy Platzman was born on August 23, 1918 to Alfred and Rose (Kaufman) Platzman. He attended the University of Chicago, receiving his B.S. (1937), S.M. in Physics (1940), and Ph.D. in Chemistry (1942). In the 1940s Platzman worked in the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago. Platzman was Associate professor of Physics at Purdue University (1949-1958), senior physicist at Argonne National Laboratory (1958-1965). He became Professor of Chemistry an...

Pohl, Robert O.

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Physicist. Robert O. Pohl received the Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Erlangen in Germany in 1957. He joined the Cornell faculty in 1958 in the Department of Physics and the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics. In 1984, Pohl was awarded the Oliver E. Buckley Solid State Physics Prize of the American Physical Society for his work on the structure of glass and glassy materials. In addition to his basic research, Professor Pohl has been interested in issue...

Planck, Max, 1858-1947

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Physicist Max Planck authored the quantum theory. From the guide to the Max Planck correspondence, 1919-1948, 1919-1948, (American Philosophical Society) German physicist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Berlin-Grunewald, to Artur Neuberg, 1939 Nov. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872119 Max Planck was a physicist and the author of the quantum theory. Received Nobel prize in Physics (1918). Involvement with the Kaiser-Wilhelm Soci...

Westphal, Wilhelm H. (Wilhelm Heinrich), 1882-

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Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934

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German chemist; major affiliations include: Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany 1903-1911; Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 1911-1933; and Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Berlin, Germany, 1911-1933. From the description of Haber-Willstädter collection, 1910-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122591256 Born in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland) on December 9, 1868, Haber was a chemist, professor of chemistry at the Karl...

Lochte-Holtgreven, W.

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Rabinowitch, Eugene, 1901-1973

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Atomic physicist, professor of physics. From the description of Eugene I. Rabinowitch papers, 1923-1973. (University at Albany). WorldCat record id: 122442306 Professor of botany, University of Illinois. Founder and editor, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. From the description of Papers, 1945-1973 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52246335 Rabinowitch (1901-1973). Professor of Biophysics, (physical chemistry, physics, botany...

Hertz, Gustav, 1887-

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Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887-1975). From the description of Oral history interview with Gustav Ludwig Hertz, 1963 May 14 and 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81511415 ...

Stern, Otto, 1888-1969

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Otto Stern was born in Germany, on February 17, 1888. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Breslau in 1912. In 1930 he was awarded an LL.D. by the University of California. In 1933 he moved to the United States where he was appointed a Research Professor of Physics at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh where he remained until 1945. His work was in the field of theoretical experimental physics, especially statistical thermodynamics and quantum theory, on which he has publish...

Born, Max, 1882-1970

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Physicist (solid state physics, quantum mechanics, lattice dynamics, wave functions, molecules). On the physics faculty at Universität Göttingen (1908-1914, 1921-1933); Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin (1914-1919); and University of Edinburgh (1936-1956). From the description of Lecture notebooks, 1905-1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79287462 From the description of Papers, ca. 1945-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77749891 From the description of P...

Ehrenfest, Paul, 1880-1933

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Nuclear physicist (statistical mechanics, applied quantum physics). On the physics faculty at Universität Wein (1900-1904); on the staff of Petrogradskii politeknicheskii (1907-1912); and on the physics faculty at Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden (1912-1933). From the description of Papers, 1902-1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79973171 ...

Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955

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Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. Six weeks later the family moved to Munich, where he later on began his schooling at the Luitpold Gymnasium. Later, they moved to Italy and Albert continued his education at Aarau, Switzerland and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to be trained as a teacher in physics and mathematics. In 1901, the year he gained his diploma, he acquired Swiss citizenship and, as he was...

Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968

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German physical chemist. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84584649 From the description of Unidentified materials. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80453274 German radiochemist. From the description of Autograph statement unsigned (working draft) : [n.p.], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270508943 ...