Wouthuysen, Siegfried A., 1916-1996
Siegfried Wouthuysen papers, 1934-1996.
The papers concern Wouthuysen's education, his work as a professor of physics at the Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica of the University of Amsterdam, his scientific work, and his many secondary activities, and testify to his many friendships in the international physics community. They contain a series of correspondence (1935-1996) and a series of scientific notes spanning the years 1950-1996. His student years are documented by a series of notes taken at Ghent and Leiden and files relating to the debating society "Christiaan Huygens." His teaching career is documented by a series of lecture notes and files relating to the supervision of students. Also included are files on conferences in which Wouthuysen participated and files relating to CERN and the Pugwash Committee. Some of the topics covered in the papers include his work in quantum mechanics and quantum field theory.
Physicist. Born in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, he studied at Leiden University prior to World War II. After the war he received a scholarship to study with Robert Oppenheimer. He received his PhD in 1948 from the University of California at Berkeley. He returned to the Netherlands in 1949 and joined the newly established Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica of the University of Amsterdam as professor of physics; he continued to work here until 1984. He also served on the Scientific Policy Committee of CERN in the early 1960s, and served on the Pugwash Committee and contributed to the Pugwash Statement of 1962.
European Council for Nuclear Research
Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs
Rijksuniversiteit te Gent.
Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden
Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Physics -- Study and teaching
Quantum field theory
Research institutes -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam.
Lecture notes. aat
Physicists -- Netherlands. lcsh
European Organization for Nuclear Research.
AIP-ICOS
Rijksarchief in Noord-Holland. Kleine Houtweg 18, Haarlem, Netherlands.