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Physical review records, 1940-1947. - 300 items. 1 container.

Open to research.

Primarily correspondence of Gregory Breit and John Tate as editors of the periodical Physical Review concerning attempts of U.S. scientists to impose voluntary restrictions on the publication of scientific papers relating to nuclear fission and other classified scientific information during Wor ld War II. Correspondents include Lyman J. Briggs, J.W. Bucha, Arthur Compton, James B. Conant, Enrico Fermi, Wendell Furry, Glenn T. Seaborg, Leo Szilard, and Harold Urey.


Collection material in English.

LCCN: mm 73050963

Subjects--Personal Names:
Breit, Gregory, 1899- --Correspondence.
Briggs, Lyman J. 1874-1963 --Correspondence.
Bucha, J. W.--Correspondence.
Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962 --Correspondence.
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978 --Correspondence.
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954 --Correspondence.
Furry, W. H. 1907- --Correspondence.
Seaborg, Glenn Theodore, 1912- --Correspondence.
Szilard, Leo--Correspondence.
Tate, John T. 1889-1950 --Correspondence.
Urey, Harold Clayton, 1893- --Correspondence.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nuclear fission
Physics--Periodicals.
World War, 1939-1945--Censorship.