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Series I:Aage Petersen collection of reprints and manuscripts, 1922-1976
Description of Collection
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Petersen, Aage
Size of collection
1 linear feet
1 records box(s)
Short description of collection
Contains article reprints and papers collected by Aage Petersen, on the subject of quantum mechanics.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR373
Biographical Note
Aage Petersen was born in 1927, and was educated at the University of Copenhagen. He was Niels Bohr's assistant from 1952-1962, and after Bohr's death, he worked at the Belfer Graduate School of Science at Yeshiva University. His 1966 doctoral thesis was published in 1968 as Quantum Physics and the Philosophical Tradition by The MIT Press.
Scope and Contents of Collection
This collection contains article reprints and papers collected by Aage Petersen, some on the subject of quantum mechanics. Authors include: John S. Bell, David Bohm, Aage Bohr, Gregory Breit, Charles G. Darwin, Bryce S. DeWitt, P.A.M. Dirac, Paul K. Feyerabend, John L. Heilbron, Werner Heisenberg, Thomas S. Kuhn, Hendrik A. Kramers, Henry Margenau, Ben R. Mottelson, Leon Rosenfeld, Laszlo Tisza, George E. Uhlenbeck, John A. Wheeler, Eugene P. Wigner.
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
Bell, J. S.
Bohm, David
Bohr, Aage
Breit, Gregory, 1899-
Darwin, Charles Galton, Sir, 1887-1962.
DeWitt, Bryce S. (Bryce Seligman), 1923- .
Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice), 1902-1984
Feyerabend, Paul K., 1924-
Heilbron, J. L.
Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976
Kramers, Hendrik Anthony, 1894-1952.
Kuhn, Thomas S.
Margenau, Henry, 1901-
Mottelson, Ben R.
Rosenfeld, L. (Leon), 1904-1974
Tisza, Laszlo, 1907-
Uhlenbeck, George Eugène, 1900-1988-
Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-
Subject terms
Organization and Arrangement of Collection
This collection is arranged alphabetically, by author last name.
- Series I: Reprints and manuscripts
This series is arranged alphabetically, by author last name.
Provenance and Acquisition Information
Gift of Troels Petersen, 1990.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Lara D'Agaro in 2007.
Preferred Citation of Collection
Box [number], Folder [number], Aage Petersen collection of reprints and manuscripts, 1922-1976. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Administrative Information
Title
Finding Aid to the Aage Petersen collection of reprints and manuscripts, 1922-1976
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2009
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Brown in 2007. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
Series I:
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Bell, John S., undated |
| Folder 2 | Bohm, David, 1968-1969 and undated |
| Folder 3 | Bohr, Aage, 1960 |
| Folder 4 | Bohr, Aage & Mottelson, Ben R., 1976 |
| Folder 5 | Breit, Gregory, 1923, 1927, 1957 and undated |
| Folder 6 | Darwin, Charles G., 1927-1932 |
| Folder 7 | Dirac, P.A.M., 1926-1927, 1931, 1964-1965 |
| Folder 8 | Exploratory research session on the quantization of the gravitational field, June-July 1957 |
| Folder 9 | Feyerabend, Paul K., 1957, 1960 and undated |
| Folder 10 | Heilbron, John L. & Kuhn, Thomas S., undated |
| Folder 11 | Heisenberg, Werner, undated |
| Folder 12 | Kramers, Hendrik A., 1922 |
| Folder 13 | Naïve concept of knowledge and reality in physics, undated |
| Folder 14 | Philosophy of Science, volume 4, number 3, Margenau, Henry , Jul-37 |
| Folder 15 | Recent papers on the measurement problem in quantum mechanics, undated |
| Folder 16 | Rosenfeld, Leon, 1952, 1960 and undated |
| Folder 17 | Tisza, Laszlo, undated |
| Folder 18 | Uhlenbeck, George E., 1954 |
| Folder 19 | Wheeler, John A., 1954 |
| Folder 20 | Wigner, Eugene P., 1963 |