Plotnick, Harvey (Harvey B.)
Harvey B. Plotnick collection on the history of quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity, 1911-1995.
This collection documents the history of quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity. The manuscripts consist mainly of drafts of papers and lecture notes, correspondence, class notes, and syllabi gathered from scientists papers. Many of the items contain handwritten notes and autographs by notable scientists. One set of the class notes was taken in a 1939 course on Quantum Mechanics taught by Robert J. Oppenheimer, as well as three early papers by Arnold Sommerfeld.
B.A., University of Chicago, literature (1963). Founded and became President and Chief Executive Officer of Contemporary Books, Inc., a publisher of nonfiction trade books (1967). Plotnicks interests include the physical sciences and he became a member of Argonnes Board of Governors in 2001, collecting rare, first-edition books on physics.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Plotnick, Harvey (Harvey B.)
Sommerfeld, Arnold, 1868-1951
Quantum theory
Relativity (Physics)
Lecture notes. aat aat
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Sommerfeld, Arnold, 1868-1951
AIP-ICOS
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