Walker Bleakney Retirement Symposium [sound recording] / 1969 May 2.

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Walker Bleakney Retirement Symposium [sound recording] / 1969 May 2.

Symposium on the occasion of Walker Bleakney's retirement, held at the Palmer Physical Laboratory, Princeton University on May 2, 1969. Speakers include: A. Nier, "40 Years of Mass Spectroscopy;" Robert George Jahn, "Shock Waves Plain and Fancy;" A. Taub, "Relavistic Shock Waves;" various testimonials, including one by Walter Brattain, and Walker Bleakney's speech primarily about recollections of his childhood.

3 sound tape reels : 3 3/4 ips, analog, mono. ; 7 in.

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American Institute of Physics

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Physicist. High Energy Radiation Section, National Bureau of Standards, 1949-1962; Chief, Radiation Physics Division, 1962-1966; Director, American Institute of Physics, 1966-1986. From the description of The story of the American Institute of Physics, 1967-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154305950 The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a not-for-profit membership corporation chartered in New York State in 1931 for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffus...

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

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Bleakney, Walker, 1901-1992.

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Bleakney was a professor of physics at Princeton (1932-1969) and he chaired the Dept. of Physics from 1960 to 1967. From the description of Walker Bleakney papers, 1920s-1961. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 175708927 ...

Brattain, Walter H. (Walter Houser), 1902-1987

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Major affiliations include: Bell Laboratories, NJ, USA, 1929-1967; Columbia University, New York, NY USA, 1942-1943; and Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, USA, 1967- From the description of Personal Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84185841 Physicist. Major affiliations include: Bell Laboratories, NJ, USA (1929-1967); Columbia University, New York, NY, USA (1942-1943); and Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, USA, (1967-1987?). From the description of Thesis, ...

Jahn, Robert G.

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Taub, Abraham Haskel, 1911-....

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Taub was a professor of Mathematics at UCB. From the description of Abraham Haskel Taub papers, ca. 1948-1975. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 84655592 ...