Van Vleck, J. H. (John Hasbrouck), 1899-1980
J. H. Van Vleck selected correspondence and notes [microform], 1923-1959, (bulk 1923-1938).
Correspondence, manuscripts, and bibliography. The papers, primarily correspondence, (bulk dates 1923-1938) relate in particular to quantum theory. Also included is a summary of an article by Niels Bohr on quantum theory (1923), an application for a Guggenheim fellowship (1929), and a bibliography on, and conclusions of the new quantum mechanics (1928). Correspondents include: Raymond T. Birge, Max Born, Charles G. Darwin, Paul Dirac, Paul Foote, Edwin C. Kemble, Hendrik Anthony Kramers, Ralph Kronig, Robert S. Mulliken, W. H. Rodenbush, Arthur E. Ruark, and John C. Slater.
Physicist (solid state physics). Nobel Prize in physics in 1977. On the faculty of University of Minnesota (1923-1928); University of Wisconsin (1928-1934); and Harvard University: physics department (1934-1951), department chair (1945-1949), dean of engineering and applied physics (1951-1957), and emeritus and professor of mathematics and natural philosophy (1969-1980); and head of theory group, Radio Research Laboratory, Harvard University (1943-1945). Died 1980.
Darwin, Charles Galton, Sir, 1887-1962.
Birge, Raymond T. (Raymond Thayer), 1887.
Born, Max, 1882-1970
Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice), 1902-1984
Foote, Paul D. (Paul Darwin), 1888-1971
Kemble, Edwin C. (Edwin Crawford). 1889-
Kramers, Hendrik Anthony, 1894-1952
Kronig, R. (Ralph), 1904-
Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953.
Slater, John C, (John Clarke), 1900-1976.
Ruark, Arthur Edward, 1899-
Solid state physics
Quantum theory
Rodenbush, W. H.
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