Lynton, E. A. (Ernest Albert)
E. A. Lynton papers, 1951-1971.
The collection is centered largely on Ernest Lyntons teaching and contains lecture notes and handouts for Physics courses (Physics 107, 171, Concepts in Physics, Thermodynamics, Statistical Physics), a copy of his dissertation Second Sound in He3-He 4 mixtures, and copies of his book on superconductivity in English, German, and French editions.
E. A. Lynton was an authority in the field of low-temperature physics and superconductivity. He came to University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1973 to serve as the first Vice President for Academic Affairs and Commonwealth Professor of Physics. Lynton was charged with diversifying the student body and broadening the curriculum to emphasize social issues. Born in Berlin Germany in 1926, he received a doctorate in physics from Yale in 1951. He served in his administrative post until 1980, when he took a position as Commonwealth Professor at University of Massachusetts at Boston.
Lynton, E. A. (Ernest Albert)
University of Massachusetts at Amherst -- Faculty.
University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy.
Physics -- Study and teaching.
Superconductivity -- Research.
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University of Massachusetts at Amherst. W.E.B. Du Bois Library. Special Collections and Archives. Amherst, MA 01003, USA