Jagdish Mehra Collection 1924-2001

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Jagdish Mehra Collection 1924-2001

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A vast number of books, monographs and reference works on physics, mathematics, philosophy and history of science compose the collection. There are thousands of reprints of original papers autographed by their authors. The manuscripts of hundreds of published and unpublished books, papers, and lectures from physicists, mathematicians, philosophers, and literati are in the collection.

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Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries

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Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988

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Lamb, Willis E. (Willis Eugene), 1913-2008

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Gell-Mann, Murray

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Dirac, P.A.M. (Paul Adrien Maurice), 1902-1984

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Mehra, Jagdish

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In 1952, a 15-year-old boy received a letter from Albert Einstein. That letter formed the first item in what would become a major personal library. Today, The Jagdish Mehra Collection is a premier research center within the University of Houston Libraries. It is rich in primary archival and secondary research materials. In 1990, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization appraised the collection at considerably more than $10 million and termed it "absolutel...