Papers of Harvey Brooks, 1930s-1980s (inclusive).

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Papers of Harvey Brooks, 1930s-1980s (inclusive).

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Contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other papers relating to the professional career of Harvey Brooks. A significant percentage of the material relates to organizations, universities, and government committees of which he was a member or chair, including the National Science Foundation, the President's Science Advisory Committee, and the National Academy of Sciences. Also includes personal papers from the early 1930s; material relating to nuclear issues from the 1940s and 1950s; materials relating to his role as editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Physics and Chemistry of Solids; and teaching materials relating to his role as Gordon McKay Professor in the Division of Engineering and Applied physics (1950-1975) and as Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy (1976-1986).

99.4 cubic feet in 283 containers

Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University Archives.

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United States. President's Science Advisory Committee

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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

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Brooks, Harvey, 1944-

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Harvey Brooks (1915- ) was Gordon McKay Professor in the Division of Engineering and Applied Physics, and Dean of the Division from 1956 to 1975. Brooks was also Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy from 1976 to 1986. From the description of Papers of Harvey Brooks, 1930s-1980s (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972989 ...

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