Box 7
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Contains 110 Collections and/or Records:
Pais, Abraham [Physicist (elementary particle theory) and historian of physics (well-known biography of Einstein) at Rockefeller University. The APS History of Physics Forum named its new award in his honor. ] -- NOTE: On Ising model; Pais on Kuhn's claims about Planck from Pais-edited compendium Twentieth century physics., 1967, 1996
File — Box: 7, Folder: 2.0
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Special Collections and University Archives
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Stephen G. Brush papers
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Correspondence and Papers (By Author)
Patterson, C.C. + widow Patterson, Laurie [Geochemist at Caltech; person who first determined the presently-accepted age of the Earth, 4 1/2 billion years; also uncovered the importance of "small" but steadily increasing amounts of lead in the environment.] -- NOTE: Fax from Laurie Patterson on SGB book Transmuted Past; SGB article on age of Earth including info on Patterson's work; announcement of memorial service and testimonials volume for CP., 1982-1996
File — Box: 7, Folder: 3.0
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Special Collections and University Archives
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Stephen G. Brush papers
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Correspondence and Papers (By Author)
Pechenkin, A.A. [Historian of science at Institute for the History of Science and Technology, Moscow; wrote on history of theory on nonlinear oscillations.] -- NOTE: On novel predictions in science; Papers by AAP on history of non-linear oscillations., 1992-1994
File — Box: 7, Folder: 4.0
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Special Collections and University Archives
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Stephen G. Brush papers
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Correspondence and Papers (By Author)
Pickering, Andrew [Sociologist of science at University of Illinois; best known for his book on Quarks] -- NOTE: Letters on dispersion relations + parallel w/ 1890s retreat from atomism; pragmatism of particle theory in 1950s; social construction of scientific knowledge; AP as relativist, 1981-1992
File — Box: 7, Folder: 5.0
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Special Collections and University Archives
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Stephen G. Brush papers
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Correspondence and Papers (By Author)
[Piggott, Charles Snowden] [Geophysicist at Carnegie Institution of Washington.] -- NOTE: Letter to SGB from Christopher Wright of Carnegie Institution on CSP memoir file in CI archives. Includes CSP obituary, copies of correspondence, brief notes on CI's files., 1955-1974
File — Box: 7, Folder: 6.0
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Stephen G. Brush papers
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Correspondence and Papers (By Author)
[Poincare, Henri] [French mathematician, physicist, philosopher of science; influential in development of the theory of relativity.] -- NOTE: Copies of 1901-1902 letters from G.H. Darwin to HP on the pear-shaped figures; Letter from Ahmed Gharnati to SGB on Poincare's letters., 1901-1902, 1992
File — Box: 7, Folder: 7.0
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Special Collections and University Archives
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Stephen G. Brush papers
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Correspondence and Papers (By Author)
Pyenson, Lewis [American historian of science, at Universite de Montreal, Canada, later at University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette.] -- NOTE: Letters on studies about the reception of scientific theories; Ted Robert Gurr's theories about violence; Beno Gutenberg correspondence; Wiechert, 1975-1997
File — Box: 7, Folder: 8.0
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Special Collections and University Archives
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Stephen G. Brush papers
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Correspondence and Papers (By Author)
P (General)
File — Box: 7, Folder: 9.0
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Stephen G. Brush papers
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Correspondence and Papers (By Author)
Quay, Paul, 1978
File — Box: 7, Folder: 10.0
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Stephen G. Brush papers
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Correspondence and Papers (By Author)
[Ramsey, William H.] [British physicist and astronomer, died 1970. Advocate of theory that Earth and other planets have cores that are not iron (as usually believed) but silicate material transformed to a liquid metallic state by high pressure (see SGB's article "Chemical History of the Earth's Core").] -- NOTE: Folder contains correspondence with F.R.N. Nabarro, head of Physics Department at University of Witwatersrand, and John Maddox, editor of Nature, in response to SGB's request for biographical information about Ramsey. Copy of a 1950 letter of recommendation from Niels Bohr is included., 1950, 1983-1984
File — Box: 7, Folder: 11.0
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Special Collections and University Archives
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Stephen G. Brush papers
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Correspondence and Papers (By Author)