Finding Aid to the Alex Harvey collection on crank theories, 1929-1999

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 2008. 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:

Alex Harvey collection on crank theories, 1929-1999.

Papers created by:

Harvey, A. L. (Alexander Louis),

Size of collection:

0.75 linear feet
1 manuscript box, 1 half manuscript box

Short description of collection:

Material collected by Alex Harvey as "crank theories."

Language(s) of material:

English

Selected Search Terms

These papers have been indexed in the International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS) using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.

Eccentrics and eccentricities.

Gravitation.

Harvey, A. L. (Alexander Louis), 1917-

Relativity.

Theoretical physics.

Biographical Note

Physicist; professor at Queens College, NY, 1962- .

Scope and Contents of Collection

Books and other print material collected by Alex Harvey as "crank theories." Most items discuss theories related to relativity or gravitation.

Organization and Arrangement of Collection

This collection is organized into a single series:

Series I: Books and manuscripts

This series is arranged chronologically.

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

Gift of Alex Harvey, 2000.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Melanie J. Brown in 2008.

Preferred Citation of Collection

Box [number], Folder [number], Alex Harvey collection on crank theories. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

Container List


Series I: Books and manuscripts
Box 1	Folder 1	The first set of papers of microgravity, by Rameish Kumar Agrawaal, undated
	Folder 2	The principle of variational homogeneity, by Jose Alvarez Lopez, 1957
	Folder 3	The velocity of light and the age of the universe, by Barry Setterfield, 1982
	Folder 4	Elementary antigravity, by Frank Znidarsic, 1989
	Folder 5	The theory of relativity 2: how to build a time machine, by Joseph Bonkowski, 1989
	Folder 6	Experiment and logic: the science of interpretational physics, by Dante S. Cusi, 1990
	Folder 7	Lectures in relativity and gravitation: a modern look, by A. Logunov, 1991
	Folder 8	Causality, electromagnetic induction, and gravitation, by Oleg D. Jefimenko, 1992
	Folder 9	Theoria primarius, by James H. Wiborg, 1992
Box 2	Folder 1	Invariance of light speed: reality or fiction?, by Joseph Levy, 1992
	Folder 2	The push of gravity, George Michlo, 1993
	Folder 3	The creation of the universe in eight days, by James Carter, 1993
	Folder 4	The road to oneself: search for energetic content in A. Einstein’s heritage, by Yur Loz (Lidyn), 1994
	Folder 5	How I control gravitation, from Science and Invention, August 1929, 1999