The History of recent physics in the United States, 1965.

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The History of recent physics in the United States, 1965.

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The manuscript describes the early influence of Fox's father and his high school teaching; his study at University of Michigan and assistantship to Harrison M. Randall; the change in physics since World War II; lectures at Ann Arbor and Arnold Sommerfeld's lectures on quantum theory; amateur radio interest; associations with Ernest Baker and James M. Cork; thesis work with Ora Duffendack; work with quartz crystals; career at Iowa State University; World War II work; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory; change in physics deprtment at Iowa State University; and research interests.

28 p.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Iowa State University

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University of Michigan.

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Randall, Harrison M. (Harrison McAllister), 1870-

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Sommerfeld, Arnold, 1868-1951

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Physicist (mathematical physics, atomic physics, theoretical physics, wave mechanics, quantum mechanics). On the mineralogy faculty at Georg-August Universität zu Göttingen (1893-1897); on the mathematics faculty at Technische Universität Clausthal (1897-1900); on the mechanics faculty at the Technische Hochschule zu Aachen (1900-1906); and on the physics faculty at Universität München from 1906. From the description of Papers, ("New" Sommerfeld Nachlass), ca. 1890-ca. 1950. (Un...