Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Hans Albrecht Bethe oral histories
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065186649]
Identifier: 14-22-2521
Scope and content
Oral history interviews with Hans Bethe conducted by Charles Weiner and Jagdish Mehra on Oct. 27-28, 1966, Nov. 17, 1967, and May 8-9, 1972. Subjects include natural radioactivity; ideas of nuclear constitution, size in 1920s; Gamow-Condon-Gurney theory of alpha decay, 1928; discovery of the neutron, 1932; Cambridge as a center of research, 1933; early theories of nuclear forces; analysis of short-range nuclear forces, 1935-1940; reasons for writing Reviews of Modern Physics review...
Dates:
1966-1981.
Hans Bethe reprint collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4706
Scope and content
Reprints collected by Hans Bethe pertaining to physics, astrophysics, nuclear physics, quantum theory, supernovae, and solar energy. Authors include Niels Bohr, Alfred Einstein, Paul Peter Ewald, Enrico Fermi, Richard P. Feynman, William A. Fowler, George Gamow, Werner Heisenberg, Irving Langmuir, Edwin M. McMillan, Carleton C. Murdock, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Rudolf E. Peierls.
Dates:
1900-1980.
Robert R. Wilson papers
Collection — Mapcase folder ? (unprocessed)
Identifier: 14-22-3093
Abstract
Memorabilia documenting the development of atomic energy research and high energy physics in the United States, Europe , and Asia. Dr. Wilson was a renowned expert on designing and constructing cyclotrons and synchrotrons, serving as consultant on projects around the world. Included in his professional papers are drawings, designs and photographs of some of the buildings, accelerators and equipment he helped design, as well as some of his sculptures. Among the personal papers in the...
Dates:
1936-2000.
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- Nuclear physics -- Research 2
- Physics. 2
- Alpha decay. 1
- Astrophysics. 1
- Beta decay. 1
- Compound nucleus. 1
- Cyclotrons. 1
- England -- Description and travel. 1
- England -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. 1
- England -- Social conditions -- 20th century. 1
- Evaporation. 1
- Germany -- Description and travel. 1
- Germany -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. 1
- Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945. 1
- Germany -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945. 1
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1917-1935. 1
- Handbuch der physik. 1
- Hydrogen bomb. 1
- Matter -- Constitution. 1
- Neutrino. 1
- Neutrons. 1
- Nobel prizes. 1
- Nuclear collective models. 1
- Nuclear disarmament. 1
- Nuclear forces (Physics) 1
- Nuclear liquid drop model. 1
- Nuclear models. 1
- Nuclear optical models. 1
- Nuclear physics 1
- Nuclear physics -- Study and teaching. 1
- Nuclear shell theory. 1
- Oral histories. 1
- Particle accelerators -- Design and construction 1
- Particle accelerators -- Research. 1
- Particle accelerators -- Study and teaching. 1
- Particle accelerators. 1
- Quantum theory. 1
- Radioactivity. 1
- Reviews of modern physics. 1
- Solar energy. 1
- Solid state physics. 1
- Supernovae. 1 + ∧ less
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