Papers [microform], 1939-1940.

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Papers [microform], 1939-1940.

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Research notebooks; correspondence; reports; patents. Halban brought this collection from France after the 1940 German invasion. The notebooks (1939-1940) relate to Halban's work on uranium chain reactions. The correspondence (1939-1940) refers to the funding and procurement of apparatus and radioactive materials (including uranium and radium) for research in chain reactions at the Joliot-Curie laboratory in Paris, questions on fission research, the progress of Halban's and Lew Kowarski's fission experiments, German atomic bomb research, and the possibility of realizing a uranium fission-based explosive device. The reports also document Halban's research in these areas. The patents (1939-1940) are for a polymerization process, and the utilization of thermal energy derived from atomic decomposition. Correspondents include Léon Brillouin, André Helbronner, Frédéric Joliot, and Lew Kowarski.

1 microfilm reel.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Joliot-Curie, Frédéric

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Halban, Hans H. von

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Physicist (nuclear physics). Chargé de recherches, Laboratoire de Chimie Nucléaire, Collège de France (1938-1940); leader of British-Canadian team at Montreal Laboratory of Atomic Energy (1942-1945); and professor of physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford (1946-1956). From the description of Papers, 1939-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83308673 Physicist (nuclear physics). Charg'e de recherches, Laboratoire de Chimie Nucleaire, College de France, 1938-19...

Kowarski, Lew

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Kowarski (1907-1979). Physicist (nuclear physics). Director of scientific services, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (France), 1946-1952; staff member to senior physicist, European Organization for Nuclear Research from 1953; and adviser, French delegation, United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-1948. From the description of Papers, 1907-1981, (bulk 1930-1981). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83225211 Physicist (1907-1979) (nuclear physics). Director of scientific s...

Brillouin, Léon, 1889-1969

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Physicist (theoretical physics, quantum theory, electromagnetic waves). On physics faculty at Collège de France, 1932-1939, and Harvard University, 1946-1949; general director, French National Broadcasting System, 1939-1940; director of research, Watson Laboratory, International Business Machines Corporation, 1949-1954. From the description of Papers, 1877-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80490114 Died in 1967. From the description of Oral history interview ...