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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.

Finding aid is written in English

Description of the Collection

Repository:

American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.

Title and dates of collection:

Kenneth I. Greisen course notes, 1959-1960.

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 material:

English

Selected Search Terms

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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.

Organization and Arrangement of Collection

This collection is organized into a single series:

  • Series I: Notes

Access to Collection

Researchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. http://www.aip.org/history/nbl/access.html.

Restrictions on Use of Collection

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.

Container List

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