Polanyi, Michael, 1891-1976
Michael Polanyi papers, 1900-1975.
Collection contains correspondence, notes, manuscripts, and memorabilia, but Polanyi's scientific work is well documented only in the correspondence series. There is significant scientific correspondence (1920-1933) when he was in Berlin and (1933-1948) when he was at the University of Manchester. Correspondents include Fritz Haber, Georg Bredig, Kasimir Fajans, Herbert Freundlich, James Franck, Otto Hahn, Werner Heisenberg, Wilfred Heller, Leo Szilard, Eugene Wigner, William Henry Bragg, William Lawrence Bragg, Arthur Allmand, Patrick Blackett, Christopher Ingold, Cyril Hinshelwood, Eric Rideal, Max Born, Erwin Schrd̲inger, and Juro Horiuchi, During and after World War II, Polanyi turned increasingly away from science to economics and philosophy and his correspondence with scientists dropped off.
Major affiliations include: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut f r Physikalische Chemie, Berlin, Germany, 1922-1933; University of Manchester, Manchester, England, UK, 1933-1958; and University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK, 1959-1961.
Franck, James, 1882-1964.
Economics.
Philosophy.
Physicists -- Correspondence.
Physics.
Solid state physics.
Memorabilia. aat ftamc aat
Notes. aat
Allmand, Arthur.
Blackett, P. M. S. (Patrick Maynard Stuart), Baron Blackett, 1897-1974.
Bragg, William Henry, 1862-1942
Bragg, William Henry, 1862-1942
Bredig, Georg.
Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975
Freundlich, Herbert.
Haber, Fritz.
Hahn, Otto.
Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976.
Hinshelwood, Cyril Norman, Sir, 1897-1967.
Heller, Wilfred.
Horiuchi, Juro.
Ingold, Christopher.
Rideal, Eric.
Schrd̲inger, Erwin, 1887-1961.
Szilard, Leo
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995-
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry (Berlin) -- Study and teaching.
University of Manchester -- Study and teaching.
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