Edward N. Lorenz papers, circa 1895-2009 (bulk 1942-1991).
- 15,500 items. 44 oversize, 1 containers plus 12 vault container, and electronic files. 1 microfilm reel. 17.6 linear feet.
- Arranged in 8 series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1952-2009; Series 2: Science File, 1961-1996; Series 3: Organizations, 1942-2003; Series 4: Speeches and Writings, 1941-2007; Series 5: Miscellany, circa 1895-2008; Series 6: Oversize, 1937-2008; Series 7: Artifacts, circa 1961; and Series 8: Electronic File, 1985-2009.
Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
Correspondence, speeches, presentations, writings, subject files, military records, printed matter, computer printouts, computer graphics, photographs, and other papers documenting Lorenz's career as a professor of meteorology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his discovery of deterministic chaos. Subjects include chaos theory, computer programming for weather and climate modeling, long-range weather prediction, and numerically based weather forecasting. Includes material pertaining to his service as a weather forecaster in the U.S. Army Air Forces. Correspondents include Hidetoshi Arakawa, Maurice L. Blackmon, William Blumen, Glenn W. Brier, E.V. Chelam, Richard A. Craig, D.A. Davies, Thomas Vivian Davies, John A. Dutton, Isadore Enger, John Firor, W. Lawrence Gates, Michael Ghil, James Gleick, F. Kenneth Hare, Isaac M. Held, Henry G. Houghton, Charles L. Jordan, Elizabeth A. Kelley, William H. Klein, E.B. Kraus, Cecil E. Leith, Gordon J. MacDonald, Thomas F. Malone, Yale Mintz, H. Stuart Muench, Jack Nordø, José Pinto Peixoto, S.I. Rasool, Walter Orr Roberts, P.L. Schereschewsky, William D. Sellers, Bernard Shorr, J. Smagorinsky, Kenneth C. Spengler, Philip Duncan Thompson, Kevin E. Trenberth, and James A. Yorke.
Audio and video recordings Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. transferred to Some photographic slides and posters Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. transferred to
Mathematician, meteorologist, and educator. Full name: Edward Norton Lorenz. Born 1917; died 2008.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013079
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Arakawa, Hidetoshi, 1907-1984 --Correspondence. Blackmon, Maurice L., 1940-2012 --Correspondence. Blumen, William, 1931-2002 --Correspondence. Brier, Glenn W. 1913- --Correspondence. Chelam, E. V.--Correspondence. Craig, Richard A.--Correspondence. Davies, D. A.--Correspondence. Davies, Thomas Vivian--Correspondence. Dutton, John A.--Correspondence. Enger, Isadore--Correspondence. Firor, John--Correspondence. Gates, W. Lawrence 1928- --Correspondence. Ghil, Michael--Correspondence. Gleick, James--Correspondence. Hare, F. Kenneth 1919- --Correspondence. Held, Isaac M., 1948- --Correspondence. Houghton, Henry G.--Correspondence. Jordan, Charles L. 1922- --Correspondence. Kelley, Elizabeth A.--Correspondence. Klein, William H., 1919- --Correspondence. Kraus, E. B. 1913- --Correspondence. Leith, Cecil E., 1923-- --Correspondence. MacDonald, Gordon J. 1929-2002 --Correspondence. Malone, Thomas F.--Correspondence. Mintz, Yale--Correspondence. Muench, H. Stuart--Correspondence. Nordø, Jack, 1923- --Correspondence. Peixoto, José Pinto--Correspondence. Rasool, S. I., 1933- --Correspondence. Roberts, Walter Orr--Correspondence. Schereschewsky, P. L.--Correspondence. Sellers, William D.--Correspondence. Shorr, Bernard--Correspondence. Smagorinsky, J.--Correspondence. Spengler, Kenneth C., 1915-2010 --Correspondence. Thompson, Philip Duncan--Correspondence. Trenberth, Kevin E.--Correspondence. Yorke, James A.--Correspondence.
United States. Army Air Forces. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.