Peter J. W. Debye papers, [ca.1959]-1966.

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Peter J. W. Debye papers, [ca.1959]-1966.

Letters from Debye to Sherry K. Hathaway, and bibliographic material relating to Debye. Also, tapes of lectures by Debye given at Georgia Institute of Technology: "Spotlights on Science in the Early Years of the Century," May 8, 1962, and "Structure Determination by Scattering of Radiation," May 9, 1962. Tape and 13 p. transcript of lecture given by Professor Debye at Cornell, "From the Blue of the Sky to the Inside of the Molecule," April 17, 1963. Includes biographical material.

.2 cubic ft., 2 tape recordings.

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Debye, Peter J. W. (Peter Josef William), 1884-1966

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Physical chemist (molecular structure, quantum theory, magnetism, polymers). On the physics faculty at Georg-August Universität zu Göttingen, 1913-1920; on the staff at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, 1910-1927; on the faculty at Universität Leipzig, 1927-1934; director, Kaiser-Wilhelm Institut für Physik, 1935-1939; and professor and chair of the chemistry department, Cornell University from 1940. Died 1966. From the description of Holograph student notes, 1901, a...