Mayer, Joseph Edward, 1904-
Joseph Edward Mayer papers, 1920-1983.
Most of the materials in the collection date from 1946 to 1973, although some items, such as Mayer's college memorabilia originate in earlier periods. Collection documents his career including his work at the University of California, San Diego and his involvement with professional associations such as the American Physical Society. Contains correspondence with other physicists and with publishers; subject files; manuscripts, lectures, and notes; material from meetings and conferences; and reprints. Correspondents include: Max Born, Johannes Hans Jensen, Martin Kamen, Linus Pauling, Roger Revelle, Leo Szilard, Hermann Weyl, and Bruno Zimm. Absent from the materials are records related to Mayer's consulting work for the United States Government during and after World War II. Also absent is documentation of his activities at Johns Hopkins and Columbia University.
Theoretical physicist in statistical mechanics and professor of chemistry at University of California, San Diego. Before coming to UCSD, Mayer taught at Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University, and the University of Chicago. His first wife was the physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906-1972). He died in 1983.
Born, Max, 1882-1970
Kamen, Martin David, 1913-2002
Mayer, Joseph Edward, 1904-
Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994
Revelle, Roger, 1909-1991-
Szilard, Leo.
Weyl, Hermann, 1885-1955.
American Physical Society.
University of California, San Diego -- Faculty.
Physics -- Research.
Physics -- Societies, etc.
Lectures lcgft
Manuscripts for publication. aat
Notes. aat
Reprints. aat
Physicists. lcsh
Jensen, J. Hans D.
Zimm, Bruno.
AIP-ICOS
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