Roy Henry Garstang student notebooks,
1943-1951
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Garstang, Roy Henry,
Size of collection
1 linear foot
2 manuscript box
Short description of collection
Student notebooks from Roy Henry Garstang's undergraduate and graduate work in mathematics, physics, astronomy, and related courses at the University of Cambridge.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR1996390
Physicist (astrophysics, atomic physics). Associate astrophysicist, Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago (1951-1952); lecturer in astronomy, University College, London (1952-1960) and assistant director of the university observatory (1959-1964); on the physics faculty of University of Colorado, Boulder from 1964.
Collection of 33 student notebooks from Garstang's undergraduate and graduate work in mathematics, physics, astronomy, and related courses at the University of Cambridge (1943-1945 and 1948-1951). Also includes a 12 page description by Garstang of the mathematics program at Cambridge in the 1930s and 1940s with brief descriptions of the courses as well as his comments on individual courses and instructors. Instructors included: A. S. Besicovitch, Hermann Bondi, H. A. Brück, Ebenezer Cunningham, Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, Douglas R. Hartree, Fred Hoyle, J. O. Irwin, Bertha Jeffreys, L. A. Pars, J. A. Ratcliffe, Roderick Oliver Redman, Martin Ryle, S. W. P. Steen, Robert Stoneley, J. A. Todd, Emil Wolf.
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Persons
Besicovitch, A. S.
Bondi, Hermann.
Brück, H. A. (Hermann Alexander), 1905-
Cunningham, Ebenezer.
Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice), 1902-1984
Garstang, Roy Henry, 1925-
Hartree, Douglas R. (Douglas Rayner), 1897-1958
Hoyle, Fred, 1915-2001
Irwin, J. O.
Jeffreys, Bertha Swirles
Pars, L. A.
Ratcliffe, J. A. (John Ashworth)
Redman, Roderick Oliver, 1905-1975.
Ryle, Martin, Sir, 1918-
Steen, S. W. P. (Stourton William Piele)
Stoneley, Robert.
Todd, J. A.
Wolf, Emil.
Institutions
University of Cambridge.
Subject terms
Astronomy. Study and teaching.
Astrophysics. Study and teaching.
Mathematics. Study and teaching.
Physics. Study and teaching.
Genre terms
Notebooks
This collection is organized into a single series:
Received from R. H. Garstang, 1996.
This collection was processed by in
2014.
Box [number], Folder [number], Roy Henry Garstang student notebooks, 1943-1951. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Title
Finding Aid to the Roy Henry Garstang student notebooks, 1943-1951
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2014
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Mueller in 2014. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
| Box 1 |
Folder 1 |
Mathematics at Cambridge in the 1930s and 1940s, undated |
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Folder 2 |
#11 - Analysis I (A. S. Besicovitch, Trinity), undated |
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#12 - Mathematical Methods (A. E. Ingham, King’s College), undated |
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Folder 3 |
#13 - Statics and Dynamics I (E. Cunningham, St. John’s College), undated |
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#17 - Electricity and Hydrodynamics I (E. Cunningham, St. John’s College), undated |
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#18 - Statics and Dynamics II (R. Stoneley, Pembroke), undated |
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Folder 4 |
#19 - Complex Variable (S. W. P. Steen, Christ’s College), undated |
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#20 - Electricity and Magnetism (E. Cunningham, St. John’s College), undated |
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Folder 5 |
#21 - Spherical Astronomy (H. A. Bruck, Observatory), undated |
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#22 - Differential Equations (S. W. P. Steen, Christ’s College), undated |
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Folder 6 |
#23 - Statics and Dynamics III (F. C. Powell, Caius College), undated |
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#25 - Waves (L. A. Pars, Jesus College), undated |
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Folder 7 |
#28 - Electromagnetism and Potential Theory (L. A. Pars, Jesus College), undated |
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#29 - General Dynamics (L. A. Pars, Jesus College), undated |
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Folder 8 |
#31 - Quantum Mechanics I (P. A. M. Dirac, St. John’s College), undated |
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#32 - Quantum Theory of Atoms (B. Jeffreys, Girton College), undated |
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#43 - Quantum Mechanics II (P. A. M. Dirac, St. John’s College), undated |
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Folder 9 |
#33 - Statistical Thermodynamics (F. Hoyle, St. John’s College), undated |
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#34 - Electrodynamics and Special Theory of Relativity (F. C. Powell, Caius College), undated |
| Box 2 |
Folder 1 |
#35 - Nuclear Physics I (N. Kemmer), undated |
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#36 - Functions of Mathematical Physics (H. Bondi, Trinity College), undated |
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#48 - Nuclear Physics II (N. Kemmer), undated |
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Folder 2 |
#37 - Practical Astronomy (H. A. Bruck, Observatory), undated |
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#38 - Theory of the Electrical and Optical Properties of Molecules (S. F. Boys, Chemistry), undated |
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Folder 3 |
#44 - Quantum Mechanics: Theories of Molecular Structure (J. E. Lennard-Jones, Chemistry), undated |
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#45 - Quantum Theory of Many Electron Systems (D. R. Hartree, Christs’s College), undated |
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#58 - Quantum Mechanics of Molecular Structure (J. E. Lennard-Jones), undated |
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Folder 4 |
#47 - Numerical Analysis (D. R. Hartree, Christ’s College), undated |
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#49 - Functions of Mathematical Physics (S. Goldstein), undated |
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Folder 5 |
#51 - Cosmology (H. Bondi, Trinity College), undated |
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#52 - Quantum Electrodynamics (J. Hamilton), undated |
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Folder 6 |
#59 - Dynamical Meteorology (R. Stoneley, Pembroke), undated |
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#60 - General Theory of Relativity (H. Bondi, Trinity College), undated |
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Folder 7 |
#61 - Group Theory (D. R. Taunt, Jesus College), undated |
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#62 - Planetary Theory (F. B. Schmeidler, visiting professor), undated |
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Folder 8 |
#69 -Mathematical Theory of Diffraction (E. Wolf, Observatories), undated |
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#70 - Radio Propagation and the Ionosphere (J. A. Ratcliffe, Physics), undated |
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#71 - Radio Astronomy (M. Ryle, Physics), undated |
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Folder 9 |
#65 - Electricity and Magnetism (E. E. Zepler, Cavendish), undated |
