Nuclear physics -- Research
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 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.
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.