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Description of Collection Biographical Note Scope and Contents of Collection Restrictions on Use and Access Selected Search Terms Organization and Arrangement of Collection Provenance and Acquisition Information Processing Information Preferred Citation of Collection Administrative InformationContainer List
Series I: Lecture notesGeorge Zimmerman collection of lecture notes by Gregory Breit and Lars Onsager, 1960-1961
Description of Collection
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Zimmerman, George O.
Size of collection
0.25 linear feet
1 half manuscript box(s)
Short description of collection
Lecture notes written by Gregory Breit and Lars Onsager, provided to students of their phsyics lectures at Yale University.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR2007808
Biographical Note
Physicsist, magnetism, superconductivity. M.S. and Ph.D., Yale University (physics). Faculty, Boston University (1963-2000); established the Research Internship in Science and Engineering; affiliated with the Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, University of California San Diego, and Harvard University.
Scope and Contents of Collection
Two volumes of lecture notes written by Gregory Breit and Lars Onsager, provided to students of their phsyics lectures at Yale University. The lectures are titled Theorectical Nuclear Physics (Breit, 1960 [date provided by donor]) and Statistical Mechanics (Onsager, 1961).These notes were collected by George Zimmerman while he was a student at Yale. The notes do not contain annotations by Zimmerman.
Restrictions on Use and Access
Researchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/item-request.
Selected Search Terms
These papers have been indexed in the International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS) using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
Persons
Breit, Gregory, 1899-
Onsager, Lars, 1903-1976
Zimmerman, George O.
Subject terms
Genre terms
Organization and Arrangement of Collection
This collection is organized into a single series:
- Series I: Lecture notes
This series is arranged chronologically.
Provenance and Acquisition Information
Gift of George O. Zimmerman, Boston College Dept. of Physics, 2007.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Melanie J. Brown in 2008.
Preferred Citation of Collection
Box [number], Folder [number], George Zimmerman collection of lecture notes by Gregory Breit and Lars Onsager, 1960-1961. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Administrative Information
Title
Finding Aid to the George Zimmerman collection of lecture notes by Gregory Breit and Lars Onsager, 1960-1961
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2008
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Meghan Petersen in 2008. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
Series I: Lecture notes
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Theoretical nuclear physics (PY164A), Gregory Breit (1 of 2), 1960 |
| Folder 2 | Theoretical nuclear physics (PY164A), Gregory Breit (2 of 2), 1960 |
| Folder 3 | Statistical mechanics, Lars Onsager, 1961 |