Sketches, n.d.

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Sketches, n.d.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80932064

Portraits of many scientists and other people. The scientists were drawn by commission at meetings and conferences throught Europe in the late 1930s and during the postwar period in the United States. Included are drawings of Richard Courant, Philipp Frank, Fritz Haber, Otto Hahn, Werner Heisenberg, Arthur Korn, Walther Nernst, Jean Perrin, Richard Von Mises, Norbert Wiener, and Hermann Weyl.

0.5 ft. (1 box)

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Weyl, Hermann, 1885-1955

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Nernst, Walther, 1864-1941

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Physicist. Major affiliations inclulde: Georg-August Universität zu Göttingen, Gottingen, Germany, 1891-1905; Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt, Berlin, 1922-1924; and Universität Berlin, 1925-1933. From the description of Thermodynamische Behandlung einiger des Wassers, Teil 1: scientific notes, 1909. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81474006 ...

Courant, Richard, 1888-1972

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Frank, Philipp, 1884-1966

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Frank taught physics and mathematics at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Philipp Frank, 1952-1960 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973039 ...

Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934

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German chemist; major affiliations include: Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany 1903-1911; Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 1911-1933; and Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Berlin, Germany, 1911-1933. From the description of Haber-Willstädter collection, 1910-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122591256 Born in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland) on December 9, 1868, Haber was a chemist, professor of chemistry at the Karl...

Korn, Arthur, 1870-1945

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German physicist. Arthur Korn was Professor at the University of Munich, 1895-1908, and the University of Berlin, 1914-1939. Korn came to the United States in 1939. Author of FREIE UND ERZUNGENE SCHWINGUNGEN, 1910, HANDBUCH DER PHOTOTELEGRAPHIE UND TELAUTOGRAPHIA, 1911, and studies in mathematical physics and the theory of potentials, he is credited with the first telegraphic transmission of photographs over circuit, in 1904. From the description of Arthur Korn correspondence on math...

Perrin, Jean-Baptiste, 1754-1815

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Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968

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German physical chemist. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84584649 From the description of Unidentified materials. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80453274 German radiochemist. From the description of Autograph statement unsigned (working draft) : [n.p.], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270508943 ...

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...

Von Mises, Richard, 1883-1953

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Von Mises, mathematician and philosopher of science, was Gordon McKay Professor of Aerodynamics and Applied Mathematics at Harvard. He collected German and Austrian literature, and particularly the works of Rainer Maria Rilke. From the description of Papers, 1908-1950. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122357330 Von Mises was an Austrian-born American mathematician, engineer, and positivist philosopher who notably advanced statistics and probability theory. Rilke was...

Korn, Elizabeth P.

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Artist and illustrator. Children's book illustrator (Skippy's Family); at home with children from 1943; on the faculty of Drew University from 1947. From the description of Sketches, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80932064 Painter, illustrator and educator; Union City, New Jersey. Born 1900. Died 1979. Taught at Drew University, Madison, New Jersey. From the description of Elizabeth P. Korn papers, 1923-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86132853 ...

Wiener, Norbert, 1884-1964.

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