Papers of Sir George Paget Thomson

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Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
57 Information from D M B Butt for the Royal Society biographical memoir of Lord Cherwell File 1957–58
60 Information from W S Farren for the Royal Society biographical memoir of Lord Cherwell File 1957–58
67 Information from T.C. Keeley for the Royal Society biographical memoir of Lord Cherwell File 1957–58
79 Obituary notice of C.J. Davisson for 'Nature' File 1958
81 Obituary notice for A S Eve File 1948
82 Notes for a talk on Michael Faraday File nd
86 Collaboration with A A Hall on the Royal Society biographical memoir of W S Farren File 1970–72
94 Proof of the Royal Society biographical memoir of W S Farren with manuscript amendments File c 1970-72
95 Introductory remarks for a lecture by O R Frisch titled 'From Radioactivity to Nuclear Energy' File November 1969
96 Notes and manuscript relating to a memorial meeting for P Langevin File May 1947
100 Recommendation of Bernard Lovell and Martin Ryle for Nobel Prize in Physics, 1969, with correspondence. File 1969
103 Offprint of the Royal Society Biographical Memoir of A O Rankine File 1956
104 2 short accounts of Lord Rayleigh, one prepared for Magdalene College, Cambridge File 1943
106 Typescript titled 'Rutherford' with a note 'Paris 4.11.47.' File 1947
114 Obituary notice of V.M. Turnbull for the Perse School, Cambridge, where Turnbull had been Thomson's mathematics master. File
H Science-Related Interests Class 1938-1971
1 Early writings File nd
2 'Aims and Methods of Physics', given to 'Math and Phys. Soc.' File October 1938
5 Notes for shorter talks File 1952
12 'Why Physics?' File May 1959
20 'The Inspiration of Science' File 1961
25 `Speech at Balliol Conference' (Oxford) on purposes of research File
26 'Productivity in research in universities'. File 1962-63
32 'Science. The Great Adventure' File March 1964
39 Notes on 'Science a search for truth' File November 1965
42 'The new age of discovery and its limits'. File February 1954
43 'Government Science' File November 1954
45 'The foreseeable future' File 1955
51 'The foreseeable future' File 1956, 58
52 'The Impact of science on modern life - the new industrial revolution' File March 1956