Finding Aid to the Emilio Segrè lectures and other collected recordings, 1968-1997Publisher:American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives Encoding Information:Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Brown in 2010. 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 CollectionRepository:American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. Title and dates of collection:Emilio Segrè lectures and other collected recordings, 1968-1997 Papers created by:Segrè, Emilio. Size of collection:2.25 linear feet Short description of collection:Collection of audio, video and film recordings of Emilio Segrè. Language(s) of material:English Selected Search TermsThese 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. Biographical NoteEmilio Gino Segrè (1905-1989), Italian physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. University of Rome, Ph.D. (physics), 1928, studying under Enrico Fermi. Assistant professor of physics, University of Rome (1932-1936); director of the Physics Laboratory, University of Palermo (1936-1938); research assistant, Berkeley Radiation Lab and lecturer in the physics department, University of California, Berkeley; Los Alamos National Laboratory, group leader for the Manhattan Project (1943-1946); professor of physics and history of science, University of California, Berkeley (1946-1972); University of Rome, professor of nuclear physics (1974- ). Discoverer of the element technicium, co-discoverer of astatine adn the isotope plutonium-239, and co-discoverer, along with Owen Chamberlain, of antiprotons. Segre was also an active photographer and took many photos documenting events and people in the history of modern science. The American Institute of Physics named its photographic archive of physics history in his honor. Scope and Contents of CollectionThis collection contains audio, film and video recordings of lectures given by and interviews with Emilio Segrè, as well as some informal and/or family recordings. The collection also includes recordings of Emilio Segrè Memorial Lectures, given by physicists such as Wolfgang Panofsky, Hans Bethe, McMillan, Rutherford, and Joseph Taylor. Organization and Arrangement of CollectionThis collection is organized into two series:
Each series is arranged chronologically. Access to CollectionResearchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. http://www.aip.org/history/nbl/access.html. Processing InformationThis collection was processed by Melanie J. Brown in 2010. Preferred Citation of CollectionBox [number], Folder [number], Emilio Segrè lectures and other collected recordings. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA. Container List
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