Papers, 1930-1981, (bulk 1930-1980)

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Papers, 1930-1981, (bulk 1930-1980)

Collection encompasses Delbruck's entire lifetime, and chronicles his role in the development of molecular biology. It includes personal and professional correspondence both incoming and outgoing copies, lectures, manuscripts, biographical material, festschrift, technical files and research papers, and publications. Some of the topics include: his immigration as a German scientist during the early years of World War II, biophysics, his work with the Phage Information Service; his teaching and collaboration with students, Cold Spring Harbor, Among the correspondents are: Niels Bohr, Seymour Benzer, Albert Einstein, Emory Ellis, Werner Heisenberg, A. D. Hershey, S. E. Luria, James Watson.

22 lin. ft. (47 boxes)

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Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962

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Niels Bohr was a Danish physicist who made tremendous contributions to his field, transforming accepted notions of atomic structure, helping to develop nuclear fission, and advocating for international cooperation in crafting responsible nuclear policy. Bohr was born in Copenhagen in 1885 into a family that encouraged his academic pursuits. Christian Bohr, his father, was professor of physiology at the University of Copenhagen. Bohr credited his father for awakening hi...

Watson, James D., 1928-

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Watson taught molecular biology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of James Dewey Watson, 1945-1968 (inclusive), 1945-1954 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973209 ...

Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976

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Physicist (quantum theory, quantum mechanics, uncertainty principle, unified field theory) and administrator. On the physic faculty at Universität Göttingen (1923-1924, 1925-1926); Kovenhavens Universitet (1924-1925, 1926-1927); Universität Leipzig (1927-1941); director, Kaiser-Wilhelm Institut für Physik (1941-1945); director, Max-Planck Institut für Physik (1946-1958); and director, Max-Planck Institut für Physik und Astrophysik (1958-1970). From the description of Papers. (U...

Delbrück, Max.

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Delbrück (1906-1981). Biologist (biophysics) at California Institute of Technology, 1937-. From the description of Papers, 1930-1981, (bulk 1930-1980) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79789889 ...

Ellis, Emory L. (Emory Leon), 1906-

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Ellis received a Ph. D. in biochemistry from Caltech in 1934. He was recruited for the Caltech rocket project in 1941 and worked at the Naval Ordnance Test Station in China Lake after 1945 with stints at Caltech, the Institute for Defense Analysis, and in private industry. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80490087 ...

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...

Benzer, Seymour

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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955

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Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. Six weeks later the family moved to Munich, where he later on began his schooling at the Luitpold Gymnasium. Later, they moved to Italy and Albert continued his education at Aarau, Switzerland and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to be trained as a teacher in physics and mathematics. In 1901, the year he gained his diploma, he acquired Swiss citizenship and, as he was...

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory of Quantitative Biology

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