Finding Aid to the Alvin M. Saperstein student notes of lectures given by Gregory Breit, 1952-1954Niels Bohr Library & Archives 1.0 American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives

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2009 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. Finding aid is written in English. Description of the CollectionSaperstein, Alvin Martin, Alvin M. Saperstein student notes of lectures given by Gregory Breit 1952-1954 American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. 0.25 linear feet1 half manuscript box(s) AR157 English Collection of Alvin M. Saperstein's student notes on physics lectures by Gregory Breit. Selected Search Terms

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Breit, Gregory, 1899- Saperstein, Alvin M. Yale University. Nuclear physics. Study and teaching. Biographical Note

Alvin Saperstein. Ph.D. Physics from Yale University. Research interests: theoretical physics, defense and arms race, chaotic systems, physics education. Professor, Wayne State University, 1963- ; Research Associate, Argonne National Laboratory, 1962-1963.

Scope and Contents of Collection

Files contain student Alvin M. Saperstein's notes on Gregory Breit's lecture titled Nuclear Physics I and II (1952-1953); Saperstein's notes on Breit's Theoretical Nuclear Physics I and II (1953-1954); and Saperstein's mimeographed copy of notes on Breit's Theoretical Nuclear Physics (1952-1953). 541 $aReceived from Alvin M. Saperstein, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wayne State University, 1990.

Organization and Arrangement of Collection

This collection is organized into a single series:

Series I: Notebooks

This series is arranged chronologically.

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This collection was processed by Lara D'Agaro in 2007.

Preferred Citation of Collection

Box [number], Folder [number], Alvin M. Saperstein student notes of lectures given by Gregory Breit, . American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

Container List Series I: Notes 11 Nuclear Physics I and II, Physics 165a and 166b, notes by Alvin M. Saperstein, 1952-1953 12 Theoretical Nuclear Physics I and II, notes by Alvin M. Saperstein, 1953-1954 13 Theoretical Nuclear Physics, mimeographed notes, undated 14 Nuclear Physics II, Physics 166b, mimeographed notes, undated