Nuclear explosions.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Hans Bethe papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-22-976
Abstract
Papers of Hans Albrecht Bethe, physicist, Cornell University professor of physics, Nobel laureate. Materials relate to Bethe's work concerning nuclear physics, solar, stellar, and nuclear energy, radiation, conduction in metals, and quantum mechanics; also the administration of the Cornell University Physics Department, and Cornell courses. Collection includes material on arms and arms control, underwater explosion research, the nuclear test ban, the Strategic Defense Initiative, the...
Dates:
[ca. 1931]-1995.
Sidney Kaufman Papers
Collection
Identifier: 16-14-4201
Abstract
Papers include material on earthquakes and seismology, elastic waves, nuclear and underwater explosions, his work during employment with Shell Oil Company and material while a professor at Cornell, including course notes and COCORP items. Also, his work with the Navy Navigation Satellite System, radiolocation, and Shell's analog computer. In addition, photographs/negatives and ephemera from his student years at Cornell and a set of Gemini photographs from NASA.
Dates:
circa 1930-2007.