Ronald S. Rivlin papers, circa 1940-2005.

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Ronald S. Rivlin papers, circa 1940-2005.

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Contains materials related to Rivlin's scientific research work including two bound volumes of his published articles, notes on scientific topics, lecture notes, notebooks, correspondence with other scientists and colleagues, book chapters and drafts, conferences, organizations, etc. Includes a significant amount of correspondence from Rivlin on letterhead stationery of Lehigh University, Center for the Application of Mathematics. Also includes numerous related published articles by other scientists and mathematicians, particularly those of C. [Clifford] Truesdell. Also includes a small number of publicity portrait photographs of Rivlin (b&w and color) and numerous snapshots (b&w) of attendees and events at the 4th International Congress on Rheology held in Providence, Rhode Island in 1963.

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Lehigh University. Center for the Application of Mathematics.

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Lehigh University.

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Founded in 1865, Lehigh is a research university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It is a coeducational, nondenominational, private university, home to more than 4,700 undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students. The university offers majors and programs in four colleges: The College of Arts and Sciences, The College of Business and Economics, The College of Education and The P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science. From the description of Lehigh University "Administr...

International Congress on Rheology

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Rivlin, Ronald S.

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Ronald Samuel Rivlin (1915-2005) was a British-American physicist, mathematician, rheologist and a noted expert on rubber. He was one of creators of the modern theory of large elastic deformations and helped found the field of finite elasticity. In 1985 he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. In 1953 he took up the post of Professor of Applied Mathematics at Brown University, moving to Lehigh University in 1967 to become director of the Center for the Application of Mathematics un...

Truesdell, C. (Clifford), 1919-2000

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C. Truesdell (1919- ) is a student of rational mechanics and its history. He was educated at the California Institute of Technology, and Brown and Princeton universities, and has held positions at the Naval Ordnance and Research Laboratories (1946-1951), Indiana University (1950-1961) and The Johns Hopkins University (1961- ). From the description of Truesdell, C., papers, 1939-1989. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 19504161 Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III...