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Archival as SubjectIndiana University, Bloomington. Department of Physics
Dates
unknown – present
Authorized Form of Name
Indiana University, Bloomington. Department of Physics
Additional Forms of Names
Indiana University. Department of Physics
Indiana University, Bloomington. Dept. of Physics
Institutional History
Abstract
The Indiana University Bloomington Department of Physics is a medium sized department with an undergraduate program that has doubled in size over the past five years. They currently have research going on in particle physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, cosmology, and others.
Important Dates
1951 – 1954Kenneth Watson was on faculty.
1951 – 1955Keith Brueckner was on faculty.
1956 – 1958Riccardo Giacconi was on faculty.
1960 – 1962John Bahcall was on faculty.
1970 – presentRobert Pollock has been on faculty.
1973 – 1984Gerald Mahan was on faculty.
1980 – presentCharles Goodman has been on faculty.
1987 – 2000Allan MacDonald was on faculty.
1987 – 2001Steven Girvin was on faculty.
Places
Headquarters
Subjects
Physics -- Study and teaching.
Citations
Department information from Indiana University Department of Physics's website (http://www.iub.edu/~iubphys/).
Relationships
People
Employees & Officers
Research Fellow in Physics.
Assistant Professor of Physics and Associate Professor of Physics.
Postdoctoral Researcher; Professor of Physics; and Distinguished Professor of Physics.
Professor and Emeritus Professor.
Professor of Physics and Distinguished Professor of Physics.
Professor of Physics.
Distinguished Professor of Physics and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics.
Assistant Professor of Physics.
Associates & Members
Brady, James Joseph, 1904-
Buskirk, Allen V.
Ford, Kenneth William, 1926-
Fulbright Fellow.
Haworth, Leland J. (Leland John), 1904-
Received AB and AM.
Hufford, Mason E. (Mason Edward), 1882-1975
Kirkwood, Daniel, 1814-1895
Konopinski, Emil Jan, 1911-
Langer, Lawrence Marvin, 1913-2000
Newton, Roger G.
Overbeck, C. J. (Clarence Jacob), 1901-1997
Salmon, Wesley C., 1925-2001
Wilkinson, Roger Gilbert, 1912-
Institutions
Institutional Hierarchy
Indiana University, Bloomington
Associates
American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics
Participated in the study of multi-institutional collaborations.
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Allen V. Buskirk lecture notes for classes of Emil Konopinski and Oppenheimer, undated.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Clarence J. Overbeck autobiography, 1965.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
In memoriam--Daniel Kirkwood, 1814-1895 [videorecording] / Indiana University Television Educational Services ; executive producer, Frank K. Edmondson ; producer and director, John Winninger.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
James Joseph Brady response to early 1930s Ph.D.s Survey, 1980.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Keith Brueckner manuscript biography, 1986.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Kenneth William Ford narrative, 1965.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Mason E. Hufford papers, 1853-1952.
Office of University Archives and Records Management
Indiana University
Bryan Hall 201, 107 South Indiana Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
Oral history interview with Emil Jan Konopinski, 1982.
Office of University Archives and Records Management
Indiana University
Bryan Hall 201, 107 South Indiana Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
Oral history interview with Kenneth W. Ford, 1997 November 15 and 22.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Lawrence M. Langer, 1982.
Office of University Archives and Records Management
Indiana University
Bryan Hall 201, 107 South Indiana Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interviews. High-Energy Physics. Women in High-Energy Physics, 1991.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Roger G. Newton papers, 1955-2003 (bulk 1970-1990).
Office of University Archives and Records Management
Indiana University
Bryan Hall 201, 107 South Indiana Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
Roger G. Wilkinson papers, 1921-1968 (bulk 1937-1960).
Office of University Archives and Records Management
Indiana University
Bryan Hall 201, 107 South Indiana Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
Wesley C. Salmon papers, 1934-2002 (bulk 1963-2001).
Hillman Library. Archives of Scientific Philosophy in the Twentieth Century
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA