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Description of Collection Biographical Note Scope and Contents of Collection Restrictions on Use and Access Selected Search Terms Organization and Arrangement of Collection Provenance and Acquisition Information Processing Information Preferred Citation of Collection Administrative InformationContainer List
Series I: NotesKenneth I. Greisen course notes, 1959-1960.
Description of Collection
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Greisen, Kenneth I.
Size of collection
0.25 linear feet
10 half manuscript boxes
Short description of collection
Notes prepared by Greisen for his students at Cornell University.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR249
Biographical Note
Physicist (nuclear physics, high energy astrophysics). Staff member, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1943-1946; on faculty of Cornell University: physics department from 1946, chairman of astronomy department from 1976 and faculty dean from 1978.
Scope and Contents of Collection
Notes prepared by Greisen for student use in his course, P 244: Nuclear and High Energy Particle Physics, at Cornell University.
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
Institutions
Cornell University. Dept. of Physics.
Subject terms
Elementary particles.
Nuclear physics.
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Organization and Arrangement of Collection
This collection is organized into a single series:
- Series I: Notes
Provenance and Acquisition Information
Received from Spencer R. Weart, 1984.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Lara D'Agaro in 2007.
Preferred Citation of Collection
Box [number], Folder [number], Kenneth I. Greisen course notes. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Administrative Information
Title
Finding Aid to the Kenneth I. Greisen course notes, 1959-1960
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: Notes
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | P244 Nuclear and high energy particle physics, chapters I and II, 1959-1960 |
| Folder 2 | P244 Nuclear and high energy particle physics, chapter IV, 1959-1960 |
| Folder 3 | P244 Nuclear and high energy particle physics, chapter V, 1959-1960 |