Papers, 1928-1975 (bulk 1938-1975).

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Papers, 1928-1975 (bulk 1938-1975).

Includes an autobiographical sketch (ca. 1974) concerning McVittie's parents; youth in Ịzmir, Turkey; education at the University of Edinburgh and Cambridge University; unified field theory and cosmological research; academic appointments and honors; World War II cryptographic service and publications. The series includes correspondence on astronomical observations, astronomy, British scientists, cosmology, general relativity, gravitational collapse, mathematics, publications of scientific articles, radio astronomy, red-shifts, spoken English (1967) and the University of Illinois. Correspondents include Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Sherman C. Lowell, Allan R. Sandage, Harlow Shapley, Abe H. Taub, and Edmund Whittaker. The series includes reprints of European meetings on radio astronomy, gravitation, and astronomy (1958-1959).

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