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Series I: NotebooksPaul Zweifel Physics Notebooks, 1949-1980
Description of Collection
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics.
College Park, MD 20740
Papers created by
Zweifel, Paul F. (Paul Frederick), 1929-
Size of collection
1.5 linear feet (3 manuscript boxes)
Short description of collection
Notebooks from courses with noted physicists at Duke University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and others. Topics include nuclear physics, relativity, quantum mechanics.
Language(s) of collection
English
Biography of Paul Zweifel
Received Ph.D. in Physics at Duke University, 1954. University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA; also at Duke University.
Scope and Contents of Collection
Notebooks from courses with noted physicists including Fritz London, Eugen Merzbacher, Lothar Nordheim, Nathan Rosen, and Hertha Sponer, at institutions such as Duke University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Topics include nuclear physics, kinetic theory, quantum and statistical mechanics, atomic spectra, and relativity.
Restrictions on Use and Access
Researchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/item-request.
Selected Search Terms
These papers have been indexed in the International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS) using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
Persons
London, Fritz, 1900-1954.
Merzbacher, Eugen.
Nordheim, Lothar.
Rosen, Nathan, 1909-1995.
Sponer, Hertha.
Institutions
Duke University.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Subject terms
Atomic spectra.
Kinetic theory.
Nuclear physics.
Quantum mechanics.
Relativity (Physics).
Statistical mechanics.
Genre terms
Arrangement of Collection
Files arranged chronologically where possible.
Material Separated from Collection
Three German textbooks used by Fritz Zweifel from the 1920s were placed in the Niels Bohr Library Book Collection.
Provenance and Acquisition Information
Gift of Paul Zweifel in December 2000.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Heather McBride in January 2001.
Administrative Information
Title
Finding Aid to the Paul F. Zweifel Physics Notebooks, 1949-1980
Sponsor
This finding aid has been encoded by the Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics as part of a collaborative project supported by a grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities, an independent federal agency. Collaboration members in 1999 consisted of: American Institute of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, Rice University, University of Alaska, University of Illinois, and University of Texas.
Publisher
American Institute of Physics.
Center for History of Physics.
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
nbl@aip.org
Published in 2001
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded in EAD v.1.0 by Clay Redding on December 3, 2001 from an existing finding aid using NoteTab Pro and C++ scripts created by James P. Tranowski (provided by Elizabeth Dow, Special Collections, University of Vermont). Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
Series I: Notebooks
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Lothar Nordheim, Advanced Dynamics, Duke University, 2 notebooks, 1949 |
| Folder 2 | Eugene Greuling, Kinetic Theory, Duke University, 2 notebooks, 1949 |
| Folder 3 | Hertha Sponer, Atomic and molecular spectra, Duke University, 2 notebooks, 1949-1950 |
| Folder 4 | Eugene Greuling, E and M course, Duke University, 1950 |
| Folder 5 | Eugene Greuling, Quantum mechanics, Duke University, 2 notebooks, 1950 |
| Folder 6 | Lothar Nordheim, Quantum Mechanics, Duke University, 1950 |
| Folder 7 | William Smith; Nathan Rosen, Eugen Merzbacher, Electrons; seminar in SQED, 1950; 1952 |
| Folder 8 | Eugen Merzbacher, Quantum mechanics, Duke University, 3 notebooks, 1951 |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | Nathan Rosen, Nuclear physics, NCSU, 2 notebooks, 1951 |
| Folder 2 | Fritz London, Statistical Mechanics, Duke University, 2 notebooks, 1951 |
| Folder 3 | Eugene Greuling, Dirac electron; Neutron Diffusion, Duke University, 1951, 1952 |
| Folder 4 | Eugene Greuling, Electrodynamics, Duke University, 3 notebooks, 1951-52 |
| Folder 5 | Nathan Rosen, Boundary value problems, U-NC (partial notes), 1952 |
| Folder 6 | Nathan Rosen, Special and general relativity, U-NC, 3 notebooks, 1952 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | P. F. Zweifel, Thesis Notebook, Duke University, 1952 |
| Folder 2 | Lothar Nordheim, Nuclear physics, Duke University, 1953 |
| Folder 3 | K.M. Case, Neutron transport theory (incomplete), University of Michigan, 1959 |
| Folder 4 | Fred Shure, Irene Shenstad, Seminars in plasma dynamics & group theory, University of Michigan, ca. 1960 |
| Folder 5 | George Summerfield, Dispersion Relations & Weak Interactions, 1968-69 |
| Folder 6 | Mark Kac, K.M. Case, Nonlinear equations, Rockefeller University, 1975 |
| Folder 7 | P. F. Zweifel, Scattering Theory, Va. Tech. Physics, 4 notebooks, ca. 1980 |
| Folder 8 | Joseph Slawny, Mathematical methods in quantum mechanics, Va. Tech. Center for Transport Theory & Mathematical Physics, 1980 |