Van Vleck, J. H. (John Hasbrouck), 1899-1980
J. H. Van Vleck papers, 1923-1959.
Correspondence, manuscripts, and bibliogrpahy. The papers, primarily correspondence (bulk dates 1923-1938) relate in particular to quantum theory. Also included is a summary of an article by Niel Bohr on quantum theory (1923), an application for a Guggenheim fellowship (1929), and a bibliogrpahy on, and conclusions of the new quantum mechanics (1928). Correspondence include: Raymond T. Birge, Max Born, Charles G. Darwin, Paul Dirac, Paul Foote, Edwin C. Kemble, Hendrik Anthony Kramers, Ralph Kronig, Robert S. Mulliken, W. H. Rodenbush, Arthur E. Ruark, and John C. Slater.
Physicist (solid state physics). Nobel prize in physics 1977. On the faculty of the University of Minnesota (1923-1938); University of Wisconsin (1928-1934); and Harvard University; physics dept. (1934-1951); dept. chair (1945-1949); dean of engineering and applied physics (1951-1957); and emeritus and professor of mathematics and natural philosophy (1969-1980); and head of theory group, Radio Research Laboratory, Harvard University (1943-1945). Died 1980.
Birge, Raymond T. (Raymond Thayer), 1887.
Dieke, Gerhard Heinrich, 1901-1965
Kemble, Edwin C. (Edwin Crawford), 1889-
Physics
Quantum theory
Bibliographies. aat aat
Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice), 1902-1984
Mulliken, Robert Sanderson.
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