J.J. Sakurai Papers, 1950-1982

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J.J. Sakurai Papers, 1950-1982

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J.J. Sakurai (1933-1982) was a physicist credited with independently discovering the V-A theory of the weak interactions. He was a professor in the UCLA Department of Physics (1970- ), a Sloan Fellow (1962-66), a Fellow of the American Physical Society (1964-82), a Guggenheim Fellow (1975-76), and a von Humboldt Fellow (1981-82). The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and publications related to Sakurai's career and life.

7 boxes (3.5 linear ft.); 1 oversize box

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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University of California, Los Angeles

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Biography Cox was born Jan. 5, 1926 in Fresno, CA; BA, political science, Stanford, 1949; associate for Bill P. Wreden, antiquarian book dealer, San Francisco; MLS, UC Berkeley, 1954; began working at the UCLA library in 1954, serving in gifts and exchange, as head of the Geology Library, and head of circulation (1960-77); compiled and donated Albright library bibliography; Acting Assoc. University Librarian for Public Services, UCLA, 1977-79...

Sakurai, J. J. (Jun John), 1933-1982

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Sakurai was born in Tokyo in 1933; graduated from Harvard summa cum laude in 1955; Ph. D, Cornell, 1958; while still a student at Cornell, he independently discovered the V-A theory of the weak interactions; became an asst. professor at Univ. of Chicago in 1959 and a full professor in 1964; joined UCLA Dept. of Physics in 1970; was a Sloan Fellow (1962-66), a Fellow of the American Physical Society (1964-82), a Guggenheim Fellow (1975-76), and a von Humboldt Fellow (1981-82); publications includ...