Papers of Jesse W. Beams [manuscript], 1926-1977.

Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967

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J. Robert Oppenheimer: Physicist (quantum theory and nuclear physics). On the physics faculty at California Institute of Technology and University of California, Berkeley in theoretical physics, 1929-1947; director of Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1943-1945; chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-1952; director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, 1947-1966....

Eastman Kodak Company

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Kodak, short for Eastman Kodak Company is a multinational technology company based in the United States. It was founded by George Eastman in 1888. Kodak is widely known for and internationally renowned for its photographic film products. It was one of the foremost photographic film businesses of the 20th Century. In 2009 as part of a major global restructuring programme, Kodak generously donated its research department's library to DMU Archives and Special Collections. T...

Ravi, Isidor Isaak, 1898-

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Stewart, Irvin, 1899-1990

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Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954

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Enrico Fermi was a physicist. From the description of Letters, 1918-1926, to Enrico Perisco. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173466015 From the guide to the Enrico Fermi letters, 1918-1926, to Enrico Perisco, 1918-1926, (American Philosophical Society) Physicist. From the description of Papers of Enrico Fermi, 1919-1954. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068165 Physicist (slow neutrons, artificial radioactivity, beta-ray emission, statistical mode...

Tuve, Merle Antony, 1901-1982

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Physicist. From the description of Merle Antony Tuve papers, 1901-1982 (bulk 1941-1966). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979847 Biographical Note 1901, June 27 Born, Canton, South Dakota 1922 B.S., University of Minnesota,Minneapolis, Minn. ...

Richtmyer, F. K. (Floyd Karker), 1881-1939

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Bardeen, John

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Physicist. From the description of Reminiscences of John Bardeen : oral history, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122586692 John Bardeen (1908-1991). Physicist (solid state). Research physicist, Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1945-1951; Professor of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, from 1951. Nobel Prize in Physics, 1956 and 1972. From the description of Superconductivity and other macroscopic quantum systems [videore...

Severinghaus, Willard L. (Willard Lesly), 1882-1947

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Willard Leslie Severinghaus (Columbia Ph.D., 1914), professor of physics at Columbia, 1919-1941. Elected Secretary of the Physical Society in 1929. From the description of Papers, 1895-1947. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122529932 ...

Condor, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974.

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Sutcliffe, Alistair, 1951-

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Gross, Paul Magnus, 1895-

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McCoy, George W. (George Walter), 1876-1952

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Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008

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John Archibald Wheeler is a physicist and a pioneer theorist on the existence of black holes. He studied under Herzfeld at Johns Hopkins University (Ph. D., 1933) and later studied nuclear fission with Niels Bohr. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1950s-1970s]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154298147 Physicist (atomic and nuclear theory, relativity theory, and cosmology). On the physics faculty at Princeton University from 1938; physicist, ...

Austin, James Bliss, 1904-1988

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Epithet: of US Steel Corporation British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x0002c6 ...

Snoddy, L. B. (Leland Bradley), 1898-1950

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Tolman, Richard C. (Richard Chace), 1881-1948

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Bernard Mannes Baruch was a financier and head of several war committees, including chairman of the War Industries Board, 1918-1919, and U.S. representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, 1946. From the guide to the Speech before the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, June 14, 1946, 1946, (American Philosophical Society) Tolman (1881-1948). Chemistry, physics, California Institute of Technology, 1922-1948. From the description of Papers, 17...

Fowler, Robert Dudley, 1903-

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Manhattan Project (U.S.)

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Harvey, E. Newton (Edmund Newton), 1887-1959

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Edmund Newton Harvey was a physiologist. His interests included bioluminescence, decompression sickness, and tissue damage caused by high velocity missiles. From the description of Papers, 1923-1959. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122608793 Edmund Newton Harvey (Nov. 25, 1887-July 21, 1959) was a physiologist. His interests included bioluminescence, decompression sickness, and tissue damage caused by high velocity missiles. From the...

Breit, Gregory, 1899-1981

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Died in 1981. From the description of Oral history interview with Gregory Breit, 1975 December 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81865399 Physicist (quantum theory, nuclear physics, quantum electrodynamics). National Research Council Fellow, University of Leiden (1921-1922), and at Harvard University (1922-1923); on the physics faculty at University of Minnesota (1923-1924); on the staff of Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution (1924-1929); on the physics facu...

Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953

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Physicist (photoelectricity, ions) and educator. On the physics faculty at the University of Chicago, 1896-1921; on the faculty at California Institute of Technology: director, Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics and chairman of the Executive Council, 1921-1946, emeritus professor of physics and chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1946; Nobel Prize in physics, 1923. From the description of Papers [microform], 1847-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77594601 Millikan was...

Williams, John W., 1953-

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Philadelphia lawyer. From the description of Papers, 1822-1835. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 30103633 ...

Quarles, Lawrence R. (Lawrence Reginald), 1908-1987

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Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Virginia. From the description of Oral history interview of Lawrence R. Quarles by Charles Papazian, May 1, 1972. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920519 From the description of Oral history interview of Lawrence R. Quarles by Charles E. Moran [manuscript], May 9, 1977. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920515 ...

Bausch & Lomb Optical Company

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Weinberg, Alvin Martin, 1915-2006

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Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995

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Physicist. From the description of Reminiscences of Eugene Paul Wigner : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419196 From the description of Oral history interview with Eugene Paul Wigner, 1984 Apr. 12. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63283818 From the description of Oral history interview with Eugene Paul Wigner, 1987 May 12. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: ...

Skarstrom, Charles.

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Onsager, Lars, 1903-1976

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Lars Onsager was a chemist and university professor. He taught at Johns Hopkins University in 1928; at Brown University, 1928-1933; and at Yale University, 1933-1972. Onsager was the winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1968. He was the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, and the author of many articles. From the description of Lars Onsager papers, 1926-1977 (inclusive), [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123379951 From the guide to the Lars Onsa...

Allison, Fred, 1882-1974

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American physicist and Auburn professor. From the description of Papers, 1830-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84275848 Virginia native, received Ph. D. from the University of Virginia in 1922. Served as physics professor at Emory and Henry College, 1908-1920, as Physics Dept. chairman, 1922-1949, and graduate school dean, 1949-1953, at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, later Auburn University. Conducted research in magnetooptics. After retiring from A.P.I., served as chair...

University of Virginia. Dept. of Physics.

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Foote, Paul D. (Paul Darwin), 1888-1971

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Kusch, Polykarp, 1911-1993

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Physicist, educator. From the description of Reminiscences of Polykarp Kusch : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309734641 From the description of Reminiscences of Polykarp Kusch : lecture, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587692 From the description of Reminiscences of Polykarp Kusch : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id:...

Towbridge, Augustus.

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Brode, R.B.

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Cooksey, Donald.

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Wilson, Robert E. (Robert Elliott)

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Seitz, Frederick, 1911-2008

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Physicist. On the physics faculty at University of Rochester, 1935-1937; research physicist, General Electric Company, 1937-1939; on the physics faculty at University of Pennsylvania, 1939-1942; Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1942-1949; and University of Illinois, 1949-1965; president, National Academy of Sciences, 1962-1969; president, Rockefeller University, 1968-1978. From the description of Summary of 1987 conference: The Origins of Solid State Physics in Italy: 1945-1960, 198...

Luria, S. E. (Salvador Edward), 1912-1991

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from S. E. Luria and his wife, Zella Luria. From the description of Letters, 1970-1977, n.d., to Lewis and Sophia Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155871852 Salvador E. Luria was a bacteriologist whose work with Max Delbruck on bacteriophage demonstrated that bacteria resistant to certain phages arose through gene mutations. His later work showed that phages also mutate genetically. He received the Nobel Prize...

Gunn, Ross, 1897-1966

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Physicist. From the description of Autobiographical notes, ca. 1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84945735 Physicist. Ph.D. Yale, 1926. Research physicist, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 1927-1947. U.S. Weather Bureau, 1947-1957. Gunn and Philip H. Abelson considered the real founders of the nuclear submarine program. From the description of The early history of the atomic powered submarine at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory March 1939 to March 1946. (Unkno...

Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974

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Physicist, engineer, government official, and science administrator. From the description of Vannevar Bush papers, 1901-1974 (bulk 1932-1955). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980014 Administrator, engineer. From the description of Reminiscences of Vannevar Bush : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122569580 Biographical Note ...

Kingsbury, E. F. (Errol Francis)

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National Institutes of Health (United States). Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry Study Section.

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Lakatos, Emory.

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Nier, Alfred O. (Alfred Otto), 1911-1994

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Physicist. Died 1994. From the description of An account of the first sample of separated Uranium 235 at the University of Minnesota in 1940, 1954. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82028106 Alfred Otto Carl Nier, world-renowned physicist and scientific instrument designer, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on May 28, 1911. He spent most of his career at the University of Minnesota, both as a student and as a member of the faculty. His post-doctoral work was done at Harvard Univ...

Stamm, A.J.

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Deming, W. Edwards (William Edwards), 1900-1993

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Statistician and educator; died 1993. From the description of W. Edwards Deming papers, 1795-1994 (bulk 1930-1993). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983563 Biographical Note 1900, Oct. 14 Born, Sioux City, Iowa 1921 B.S., electrical engineering, University of Wyoming,Laramie, Wyo. ...

Tate, John T. (John Torrence), 1889-1950

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Graves, Leslie R., 1896-1970.

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Urey, Harold Clayton, 1893-

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Died in 1981. From the description of Oral history interview with Harold Clayton Urey, 1964 March 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84584513 Epithet: US chemist, Nobel laureate British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0000b4 Mildred Cohn was a biochemist and biophysicist. She received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1938 and was a research associate in biochemistry at several univers...

Strauss, Lewis L

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Secretary to Herbert Hoover, 1917-1919; chairman, United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1953-1958; secretary of commerce, 1958-1959. From the description of Lewis L. Strauss miscellaneous papers, 1918-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868921 Government executive, financier. From the description of Reminiscences of Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss : oral history, 1973. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86158380 Executive...

Beams, Jesse W. (Jesse Wakefield), 1898-1977

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Mr. Jesse W. Beams, Francis H. Smith Professor Emeritus of Physics, died July 23, 1977. Mr. Beams was a faculty member at the University of Virginia from 1928 until his retirement in1969. From the description of Papers of Jesse W. Beams [manuscript], 1926-1977. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816257 From the description of Jesse W. Beams papers [manuscript], 1926-1977. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647923251 Francis H. Smith Professo...

Radle, William Francis.

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Goudsmit, Samuel A. (Samuel Abraham), 1902-1978

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Samuel A. Goudsmit (1902-1978). Physicist. From the description of The development of physics in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s [sound recording] / 1974 April 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84276317 From the description of Address [sound recording] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80830635 Physicist (atomic physics) and editor. On the physics faculty at University of Michigan, 1927-1946; on the staff of Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1948-1970, and chai...

Briggs, Lyman J. (Lyman James), 1874-1963

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Physicist. Graduated from Michigan State University in 1893; Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University; director of the U.S. Bureau of Standards during the inter-war and World War II years. From the description of Papers, 1882-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84584362 ...

United States. War Department

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Marcy served as Secretary of War under James K. Polk, 1845-1849. From the description of William L. Marcy letter : Washington [D.C.], to Col. J.D. Stevenson, New York City, ALS, 1846 June 26. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 43771263 Officer, Second U.S. Cavalry, 1868-1892. From the description of Report of Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane, 1870 Dec.15. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 43955079 U.S. gov...

Courant, Richard, 1888-1972

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Loomis, F. W. (Francis Wheeler), 1889-1976

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Professor of physics, department head, and director of Control Systems Laboratory, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). From the description of Papers, 1920-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28409035 ...

Hofstadter, Robert, 1915-1990

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Physicist, educator. From the description of Reminiscences of Robert L. Hofstadter : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122684312 Hofstadter died in 1990. From the description of Response to 1988 History of Nuclear Physics Survey, 1985-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81639533 Robert (Rubvin) Hofstadter was born in New York City, on February 5, 1915. He attended the City College of New York (CCNY) a...

Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, 1901-1958

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Ernest Orlando Lawrence, Nobel prizewinning physicist, inventor of the cyclotron and the founder and first director of the University of California Radiation Laboratory, was born on August 8, 1901 in Canton, South Dakota. His parents Carl Gustavus and Gunda Jacobson Lawrence were the children of Norwegian immigrants. Ernest Lawrence attended St. Olaf College and later the University of South Dakota, where he received his A.B. degree in 1922. He had originally thought to become a medical doctor, ...

Swann, W. F. G. (William Francis Gray), 1884-1962

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William Francis Gray Swann was a physicist. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1900]-1962. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122473994 Physicist and historian of science Thomas Darlington Cope received his A.B. (1903) and Ph.D. (1915) from the University of Pennsylvania; he became an instructor and later professor there from 1906-1952. He also studied at the University of Berlin (1912-1913) under Max Planck. From the guide to the Tho...

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. General Advisory Committee

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Robertson, H. P. (Howard Percy), 1903-1961

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Physicist (mathematical physics). California Institute of Technology. From the description of Papers, 1925-1980, (bulk 1936-1966) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82303212 Biography Howard Percy Robertson, known to colleagues and friends as Bob, was born in Hoquiam, Washington, on January 27, 1903. He was educated in Montesano, Washington schools, and later at the University of Washington, where he received his bachelor's d...