Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954.
Karl T. Compton papers, 1906-1961.
The collection contains biographical information about Compton (KTC), including correspondence between George Harrison, Julius Stratton, and Margaret Hutchinson Compton. Also included in the collection are KTC's date books, appointment calendars, essays and newspaper clippings. Subjects include: his early days at Princeton and his work for the National Research Council; Compton's scientific papers on photoelectricity and ionization of gasses; the growth of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and engineering education, and the development of atomic weapons.
Ph.D. (physics, 1912), Princeton University. President, MIT, 1930-1948; physics instructor, Reed College, Princeton University; Director of research, Palmer Laboratory; Chairman of the Physics Department, Princeton. Research interests include: photoelectrons, ionization and the motion of electrons in gases, fluorescence, theory of electric arc, and collisions of electrons and atoms.
Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962.
Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954.
Compton, Margaret Hutchinson.
Compton family.
Harrison, George Russell, 1898-1979
Killian, James Rhyne, 1904-1988
Stratton, Julius Adams, 1901-1994
National Research Council (U.S.)
Princeton University -- Study and teaching -- 1909-1930.
Education, Higher -- Research -- 1906-1961.
Ionization of gases.
Nuclear warfare.
Photoelectricity.
Physics -- Study and teaching -- 1906-1954.
Science -- Social aspects.
Appointment books. aat
Physicists. lcsh
AIP-ICOS
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