John Dirk Walecka notebooks and papers, 1960-1986

Summary

Creators:

Walecka, John Dirk

Abstract:

Notes, lectures and reports on nuclear theory, general relativity, quantum mechanics, and mathematical physics. Collection also includes reprints and some correspondence.

Extent:

3.5 Linear Feet

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

John Dirk Walecka notebooks and papers (SC0424). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Notes, lectures and reports on nuclear theory, general relativity, quantum mechanics, and mathematical physics. Collection also includes reprints and some correspondence.

Biographical / historical:

Walecka, a.b. Harvard 1954 and Ph.D. MIT 1958, joined the Stanford faculty in 1960; he was chair of the Physics Department from 1977 to 1982. He left Stanford in 1987 to be the scientific director of the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) in Newport News, VA.

Acquisition information:

Gift of John D. Walecka, 1990.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Quantum theory -- Study and teaching.
Nuclear physics -- Study and teaching.

Names:

Stanford University. Department of Physics
Stanford University. Department of Physics. Faculty
Walecka, John Dirk

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred citation:

John Dirk Walecka notebooks and papers (SC0424). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:

Stanford University, University Archives

Stanford University Archives, Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US

Contact:

(650) 725-1022

specialcollections@stanford.edu

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