History of the [University of California, Berkeley] Physics Department, 1868-1942.

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History of the [University of California, Berkeley] Physics Department, 1868-1942.

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Volume I: the first half century, 1868-1918; Volume II: the decade 1918-1928; Volume III: 1928-1932; Volume IV: the decade 1932-1942; Volume V. the period 1942-1950. Also includes 9-page letter from E.U. Condon to Birge with comments on the History, and 8 pages of corrections made after printing by Birge, some in response to Condon's letter.

5 v. in 3.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974

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Physicist. Major affiliations include: Princeton University, 1930-1937; Westinghouse Co., Pittsburgh, PA, 1937-1945; National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC, 1945-1951; Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1956-1963; and Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, Boulder, CO from 1963. From the description of Public relations file on Condon, mostly pertaining to the attack on his loyalty by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1948-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...

Birge, Raymond T. (Raymond Thayer), b. 1887.

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Physicist (spectroscopy, statistics). On the physics faculty at Syracuse University, 1913-1918; University of California at Berkeley from 1918, department chair, 1933-1955; chairman of committee on physical constants, National Research Council, 1930-1937. From the description of Lectures by Niels Bohr and by R. T. Birge, 1922-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79125366 From the description of Comments on A. A. Michelson, 1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82481619 ...

University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Physics

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Brief History The Department of Physics is as old as the University. The first professor of physics, John LeConte, was the first person elected to the original faculty (November 17, 1868). From 1876 to 1881 he also served as President of the University. The physics department occupied one lecture room and one office in North Hall until the death of John LeConte (April 29, 1891). From 1912 to 1923 it occupied all of South Hall. In ...