Ramsey, Norman, 1915-2011-
Norman Ramsey personal archive, 1919-2010 and undated.
Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr. (1915-2011) was the Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University from 1966 to 1987 (emeritus, 1987). Ramseys research focused on nuclear physics, molecular beam resonance, radar, nuclear magnetic moments, radiofrequency spectroscopy, masers, and nucleon scattering; and his methods of investigation, especially in the field of spectroscopy, led to the development of the atomic clock and laid the foundation for nuclear magnetic resonance, whose applications include the magnetic resonance imaging (M.R.I.) technique now used for medical diagnosis. The collection documents Ramseys involvement as a researcher, teacher, writer, advisor, consultant, and administrator, revealing his role as an intellectual force in matters related to scientific discovery, particularly in high energy physics, with the heaviest concentration of material dating from 1945 to 1987. Includes records from his work with the American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society and Universities Research Association.
Physicist. Served as a member of the Radiation Laboratory from 1940-1943. Relocated to Los Alamos in 1943. Nobel Prize in Physics, 1989, for the invention of the separated oscillatory fields method and its use in the hydrogen maser and other atomic clocks.
Ramsey, Norman, 1915-2011-
American Institute of Physics.
American Physical Society.
Harvard University. Department of Physics.
Universities Research Association (U.S.)
Masers
Molecular beams.
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Radar
Radiofrequency spectroscopy.
AIP-ICOS
Harvard University. Archives. Pusey Library. Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.