aip.org:history/ead/aip_zweifel/20010113 Finding Aid to the Paul F. Zweifel Physics Notebooks, 1949-1980 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. American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics.
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Paul Zweifel Physics Notebooks, 1949-1980 1.5 linear feet (3 manuscript boxes) Zweifel, Paul F. (Paul Frederick), 1929- Notebooks from courses with noted physicists at Duke University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and others. Topics include nuclear physics, relativity, quantum mechanics.

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London, Fritz, 1900-1954. Merzbacher, Eugen. Nordheim, Lothar. Rosen, Nathan, 1909-1995. Sponer, Hertha. Duke University. Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Atomic spectra. Kinetic theory. Nuclear physics. Quantum mechanics. Relativity (Physics). Statistical mechanics. Notebooks. 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.

 Arrangement of Collection

Files arranged chronologically where possible.

 Access to Collection

No restrictions.

 Restrictions on Use of Collection

Use of primary source material in the Niels Bohr Library requires prior approval through an Application for Access, which includes a statement of research purpose and the names and addresses of two scholars as references. Access applications can be obtained by contacting the Library (telephone 301-209-3177; or e-mail nbl@aip.org). The application can also be printed from our website.

 Provenance and Acquisition Information

Gift of Paul Zweifel in December 2000.

 Processing Information

This collection was processed by Heather McBride in January 2001.

 Materials Separated from Collection

Three German textbooks used by Fritz Zweifel from the 1920s were placed in the Niels Bohr Library Book Collection.

 Container List Box 1 Folder 1 Lothar Nordheim, Advanced Dynamics, Duke University, 2 notebooks, 1949 Box 1 Folder 2 Eugene Greuling, Kinetic Theory, Duke University, 2 notebooks, 1949 Box 1 Folder 3 Hertha Sponer, Atomic and molecular spectra, Duke University, 2 notebooks, 1949-1950 Box 1 Folder 4 Eugene Greuling, E and M course, Duke University, 1950 Box 1 Folder 5 Eugene Greuling, Quantum mechanics, Duke University, 2 notebooks, 1950 Box 1 Folder 6 Lothar Nordheim, Quantum Mechanics, Duke University, 1950 Box 1 Folder 7 William Smith; Nathan Rosen, Eugen Merzbacher, Electrons; seminar in SQED, 1950; 1952 Box 1 Folder 8 Eugen Merzbacher, Quantum mechanics, Duke University, 3 notebooks, 1951 Box 2 Folder 1 Nathan Rosen, Nuclear physics, NCSU, 2 notebooks, 1951 Box 2 Folder 2 Fritz London, Statistical Mechanics, Duke University, 2 notebooks, 1951 Box 2 Folder 3 Eugene Greuling, Dirac electron; Neutron Diffusion, Duke University, 1951, 1952 Box 2 Folder 4 Eugene Greuling, Electrodynamics, Duke University, 3 notebooks, 1951-52 Box 2 Folder 5 Nathan Rosen, Boundary value problems, U-NC (partial notes), 1952 Box 2 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 Box 3 Folder 2 Lothar Nordheim, Nuclear physics, Duke University, 1953 Box 3 Folder 3 K.M. Case, Neutron transport theory (incomplete), University of Michigan, 1959 Box 3 Folder 4 Fred Shure, Irene Shenstad, Seminars in plasma dynamics & group theory, University of Michigan, ca. 1960 Box 3 Folder 5 George Summerfield, Dispersion Relations & Weak Interactions, 1968-69 Box 3 Folder 6 Mark Kac, K.M. Case, Nonlinear equations, Rockefeller University, 1975 Box 3 Folder 7 P. F. Zweifel, Scattering Theory, Va. Tech. Physics, 4 notebooks, ca. 1980 Box 3 Folder 8 Joseph Slawny, Mathematical methods in quantum mechanics, Va. Tech. Center for Transport Theory & Mathematical Physics, 1980