Meyer, Stefan, 1872-1949
Scientific correspondence, 1900-1946 (bulk 1900-1938)
Correspondence and manuscripts. The collection (bulk dates 1900-1938) offers a wealth of sources on early physics history, in particular, radium research and the life and personality of Stefan Meyer. It contains some 2300 items of correspondence with over 400 correspondents around the world, including 35 Nobel prize winners. Also contains 95 manuscripts of contributors from all over the world to a Festschrift on the occasion of Ludwig Boltzmann's 60th birthday. Correspondents include Ernest Rutherford, Frederick Soddy, William Ramsay, Otto Hahn, and Bertram Boltwood.
Physicist. First Austrian to carry through investigation in the field of radioactivity immediately after the discovery of radium. Meyer was director of International Radium-Standard Commission; and director of the Institute for Radium Research, the first insitute for radium research; and Professor at the University of Vienna,
Boltzmann, Ludwig, 1844-1906 -- Influence.
Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968
Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937
Soddy, Frederick, 1877-1956.
Nobel Prizes
Physics -- History.
Radium -- Research.
Festschriften. aat
Physicists -- Austria. lcsh
Ramsay, William, 1852-1916
AIP-ICOS
sterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Bibliothek und Archiv (Austrian Academy of Sciences. Library and Archive). Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2, A-1010 Vienna, Austria