| 3 | Creator: | Goldstine, Herman Heine,1913- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Herman Heine Goldstine papers, [ca. 1940s]-1984
| | | | Dates: | Circa [1940s] -1984 | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence, notebooks, reports, legal documents, contracts, research data, publications, all of which relate to Goldstine's professional contributions as a professor of mathematics (University of Chicago, 1936-1939; University of Michigan, 1939-1950), and researcher on various related topics and scientific administrator: Permanent Member, Institute for Advanced Study, 1952- (assistant project director for electronic computer project, 1946-1958); International Business Machines Corporation: Director of Mathematical Sciences, Research 1958-1960; Director Mathematical Sciences Department, IBM Research, 1960-1965; Director of Scientific Development, Data Processing Division, 1965-1967; Consultant to Director of Research, 1967-1969; IBM Fellow, 1969- . Dr. Goldstine's contributions to the development of the computer are documented in the collection, especially in relation to his work with John von Neumann; there is a 27-page manuscript of the first stored program written for the electronic computer in von Neumann's hand (510.78 V89p). | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.19 | | | | Extent: | 53.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Aberdeen Proving Ground (Md.) | Computers -- United States -- History. | Drafts (preliminary versions). | Gillon, Paul N., 1907- | Goldstine, Adele, d. 1964 | Goldstine, Herman Heine, 1913-2004 | Goldstine, Herman Heine,1913- | Hartree, Douglas R., (Douglas Rayner), 1897-1958 | International Business Machines Corporation. | Mathematics -- United States -- History. | Schickard, Wilhelm, 1592-1635 | Simon, Leslie Earl, 1900- | Slides. | Technology -- United States -- History. | Thomas J. Watson IBM Research Center. | Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957 | |
| 4 | Creator: | Ulam, Stanislaw M. (Stanislaw Marcin), 1909-1985 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Stanislaw M. Ulam Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1916-1984 | | | | Abstract: | A gifted mathematician, Polish-born Stanislaw Ulam made contributions to set theory, topology, mathematical logic, and number theory, but is most widely remembered for his work in fostering the technical development of thermonuclear weapons. He was associated with Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories for most of the years between 1943 and 1965, and thereafter with the University of Colorado. These papers include personal and professional correspondence, manuscripts of both published and unpublished works, and memorabilia. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.54 | | | | Extent: | 36.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Atomic bomb | Audiotapes | Banach, Stefan, 1892-1945 | Bradbury, Norris | Chess | Computers | Everett, C. J. (Cornelius Joseph), 1914- | Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954 | Feynman, Richard P., (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988 | Frisch, Otto Robert, 1904-1979 | Gamow, George, 1904-1968 | Godel, Kurt | Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. | Hydrogen bomb | Kistiakowsky, George B. (George Bogdan), 1900- | Kuratowski, Kazimierz, 1896- | Logic, Symbolic and mathematical | Lomnicki, Zbigniew A. | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Mandelbrot, Benoit B. | Manhattan Project (U.S.) | Mathematical physics | Mathematics | Mathematics--Study and teaching | Mazur, Stanislaw | Metropolis, N. (Nicholas), 1915- | Mycielski, Jan, 1932 | Number theory | Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967 | Pasta, John | Photographs | Physics | Poles--United States | Princeton University. | Rabi, I. I., (Isidor Isaac), 1898-1988 | Schrandt, Robert | Seaborg, Glenn Theodore, 1912- | Segrè, Emilio Gino, 1905-1989 | Set theory | Sierpinski, Waclaw, 1882-1969 | Stein, Myron | Stein, Paul | Steinhaus, Hugo, 1887-1972 | Stone, Marshall H., (Marshall Harvey), 1903-1989 | Tarski, Alfred | Teller, Edward, 1908-2003 | Topology | Ulam, Stanislaw M. (Stanislaw Marcin), 1909-1985 | University of Colorado | University of Wisconsin. | Von Kármán, Theodore, 1881-1963 | Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957 | Weisskopf, Victor Frederick, 1908-2002 | World War, 1939-1945 | Zygmun, Antoni | |
| 5 | Creator: | American Philosophical Society. | Requires cookie* | | | | American Physical Society and American Philosophical Society. | | | | | American Physical Society. | | | | Title: | Archive for the History of Quantum Physics, 1898-1950 (bulk)
| | | | Dates: | 1898-1950 | | | | Abstract: | Primary source materials for the history of quantum physics in the twentieth century, collected under the auspices of the American Philosophical Society and the American Physical Society, with a grant from the National Science Foundation. | | | | Call #: | Mss.530.1.Ar2 | | | | Extent: | 300.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Abraham, Max, 1875-1922 | Amaldi, Edoardo, 1908-1989 | Andrade, E. N. da C., (Edward Neville da Costa), 1887-1971 | Atomic theory. | Back, Ernst, 1881-1959 | Bauer, Edmond, 1880-1963 | Becquerel, Jean, 1878-1953 | Benedicks, Carl Axel Fredrik, 1875-1953 | Berliner, Arnold, 1862-1942 | Birge, Raymond T., (Raymond Thayer), 1887-1980 | Bohr, Niels Henrik David, 1885-1962 | Born, Max, 1882-1970 | Breit, Gregory, 1899-1981 | Broglie, Louis de, 1892-1987 | Cockcroft, John, Sir, 1897-1967 | Complementarity (Physics) | Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962 | Coster, Dirk, 1889-1950 | Darwin, Charles Galton, Sir, 1887-1962 | Debye, Peter J. W., (Peter Josef William), 1884-1966 | Dieke, Gerhard Heinrich, 1901-1965 | Dirac, P. A. M., (Paul Adrien Maurice), 1902-1984 | Eddington, Arthur Stanley, Sir, 1882-1944 | Ehrenfest, Paul, 1880-1933 | Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 | Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954 | Fokker, A. D., (Adriaan Daniel), 1887-1972 | Fowler, A., (Alfred), 1868-1940 | Franck, James, 1882-1964 | Gerlach, Walther, 1889-1979 | Goudsmit, Samuel Abraham, 1902-1978 | Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934 | Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934 | Hartree, Douglas R., (Douglas Rayner), 1897-1958 | Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976 | Hilbert, David, 1862-1943 | Joliot-Curie, Frédéric | Jordan, Pascual, 1902-1980 | Kamerlingh Onnes, Heike, 1853-1926 | Kapitsa, P. L., (Petr Leonidovich), 1894-1984 | Kayser, H., (Heinrich), 1853-1940 | Kemble, Edwin C., (Edwin Crawford), 1889-1984 | Klein, Oskar, 1894-1977 | Kramers, Hendrik Anthony, 1894-1952 | Ladenburg, Rudolf Walter, 1882-1952 | Langevin, Paul, 1872-1946 | Laue, Max von, 1879-1960 | London, Fritz, 1900-1954 | London, Fritz, 1900-1954 | McLennan, J. C., (John Cunningham), 1867-1935 | Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968 | Memoirs. | Mie, Gustav, 1868-1957 | Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953 | Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, 1896-1986 | Nishina, Yoshio, 1890-1951 | Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967 | Oral histories | Oseen, C. W., (Carl Wilhelm), 1879-1944 | Paschen, F., (Friedrich), 1865-1947 | Pauli, Wolfgang, 1900-1958 | Pauli, Wolfgang, 1900-1958 | Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994 | Photoprints. | Physicists. | Physics -- History. | Planck, Max, 1858-1947 | Quantum theory -- History. | Relativity (Physics) | Rosenfeld, L., (Leon), 1904-1974 | Rosseland, Svein, 1894-1985 | Rubens, Heinrich, 1865-1922 | Runge, Carl, 1856-1927 | Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937 | Scheel, Karl, 1866-1936 | Schrödinger, Erwin, 1887-1961 | Schrödinger, Erwin, 1887-1961 | Sommerfeld, Arnold, 1868-1951 | Stark, Johannes, 1874-1957 | Thomson, J. J., Sir, (Joseph John), 1856-1940 | Uhlenbeck, George Eugène, 1900-1988 | Van Vleck, J. H., (John Hasbrouck), 1899-1980 | Veblen, Oswald, 1880-1960 | Voigt, Woldemar, 1850-1919 | Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957 | Warburg, Emil Gabriel, 1846-1931 | Wave mechanics. | Weisskopf, Victor Frederick, 1908-2002 | Zeeman, Pieter, 1865-1943 | |
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