Casimir, H. B. G. (Hendrik Brugt Gerhard), 1909-2000
H. B. G. Casimir papers, 1929-2000.
Correspondence and manuscripts of articles and lectures from the early 1970s to 2000. Contains a number of older documents, notably correspondence with renowned scientists, conducted between 1940 and the early 1970s, and scientific notes dating from the 1920s and 1930s. Topics include history of science and connections between science and industry. Correspondents include: C. J. Bakker, F. Bloch, W. L. Bragg, N. Bohr, J. D. Cockcroft, G. H. Dieke, O. S. Duffendack, G. Gamow, C. J. Gorter, W. J. de Haas, W. Heisenberg, W. H. Keesom, E. Labin, J. H. Oort, W. Pauli, F. Simon, G. 't Hooft, and J. H. Van Vleck.
Physicist. Studied in Leiden, The Netherlands from 1926 to 1931. Obtained his Ph.D. in 1931, with Paul Ehrenfest. Worked with Niels Bohr in Copenhagen and with Wolfgang Pauli in Z rich. Worked at the physics laboratory (Nat Lab) of the Philips Company in Eindhoven from 1942. Became its director in 1946. Retired in 1972. From 1939 to 1977 was special professor of the Leiden University Fund at Leiden University. Died in 2000.
Bloch, Felix, 1905-1983
Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962
Bragg, William Henry, 1862-1942
Cockcroft, John, Sir, 1897-1967
Dieke, Gerhard Heinrich, 1901-1965
Duffendack, Ora S. (Ora Stanley), 1890-
Gamow, George, 1904-1968
Gorter, C. J. (Cornelis Jacobus), 1907-
Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976
Hooft, G. 't
Keesom, W. H. (Willem Hendrik), b. 1876.
Labin, Edouard, 1910-
Oort, Jan Hendrik.
Pauli, Wolfgang, 1900-1958
Simon, F. E. (Francis Eugene), 1893-1956
Van Vleck, J. H. (John Hasbrouck), 1899-1980
Physics -- Study and teaching
Science -- History.
Science and industry
Lecture notes. aat
Physicists -- Netherlands. lcsh
Bakker, C. J.
Haas, Wander Johannes de, 1878-1960
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