Selig Hecht papers, 1914-1937.

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Selig Hecht papers, 1914-1937.

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Hecht's correspondence with other scientists, articles, lectures, notebooks, and laboratory notes and reports on the mechanics of vision and adaptation to light. The correspondence is primarily with William J. Crozier, Otto Glaser, Jacinto Steinhardt, George Wald, and Ernst Wolf. The notebooks cover the period from 1914-1925.

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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