Owen Chamberlain papers 1941-2006

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Owen Chamberlain papers 1941-2006

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The Owen Chamberlain Papers, 1941-2006, consist of materials documenting Chamberlain's career as a Professor of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley and researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. There is comparatively little material focused on Chamberlain's own scientific research.

Number of containers: 22 cartons, 1 oversize folder; Linear feet: 27.5

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Chamberlain, O. (Owen)

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Interviewee b. 1920. From the description of Reminiscences of Owen Chamberlain : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122586907 Owen Chamberlain (1920- ). Physicist at Los Alamos, Professor of physics, University of California, Berkeley; Nobel Laureate. From the description of Oral history interview with Owen Chamberlain. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78178368 Biographical In...

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Physics

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Brief History The Department of Physics is as old as the University. The first professor of physics, John LeConte, was the first person elected to the original faculty (November 17, 1868). From 1876 to 1881 he also served as President of the University. The physics department occupied one lecture room and one office in North Hall until the death of John LeConte (April 29, 1891). From 1912 to 1923 it occupied all of South Hall. In ...