Scientific Lectures and Writings

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
208 Foreword to 'The Atom', a subject encyclopaedia. File
146 'The Electron': Final proof of book, with covering letter File September 1972
149 'An Unfortunate Experiment': typescript and galley proof versions, all with some corrections. File
151 Short broadcast for `The Voice of America', on peaceful uses of atomic energy File 13 August 1945
153 Ms. notes for shorter talks on atomic energy, 1945. File 1945-1946
156 'You and the Atom', Talk broadcast by Columbia Broadcasting System File August 1946
161 Transcript of 'The Military Uses' from BBC's 'Atomic Energy Week', including contributions by G. Cheshire, J. Bronowski and Thomson. File
170 Ms. notes for talk on the hydrogen bomb, Chatham House, July 1950. File July 1950
173 'The Effects of Atomic Weapons'. talk given on the BBC Third Programme, 4 Feb 1951 File 1951
175 Book Review af Laurence, Hollis and Carter: 'The Hell Bomb'. File May 1951
178 Paper on wartime cooperation on atomic energy, written for Central Office of Information File 1952
195 Talks and article File 1958
196 Article for Central Office of Information File August 1958
198 Notes for 'Geneva Conference', perhaps for a press release and book review of Heisenberg:' Philosophic Problems of Nuclear Science'. File nd [1958]
199 Shorter talks, 1959. File
200 'Thermonuclear Reactions'. File 1959-1960
1 Spring-back folder inscribed 'Rigid Dynamics. G.P. Thomson. Corpus Christi'. File
6 Folder of loose lecture notes inscribed on first page 'Geometrical Optics'. File [1922-30]
12 Folder of loose lecture notes, inscribed on first page 'Mathematics for Students in Physics'. Paginated 1-26, but material continues on similar topics. File
14 Lecture on 'Kinetic Theory', paginated 21-25, perhaps once part of a longer sequence (paper similar to that in F.3) File n.d
22 Spring-back folder inscribed `Elasticity' containing notes for lectures File
27 Folder of notes on various topics in physics, with various revisions and additions on nuclear physics and cosmic rays. File 1947
30 Spring-back folder inscribed 'Discarded pages from Wave Motion lectures'. File
35 'Electron Optics' File nd
36 Notes for 'British Association Discussion'. File
38 Talk titled 'Waves and particles'. File c 1928
40 'Diffraction of Electrons. Lecture at University College Feb.8/29'. File
48 'Electron Diffraction. Univ. of New York Lecture 1'. File 1929-30
54 Notes for a series of four lectures, no indication of place. File 1929-30
60 'The Waves of an Electron' File possibly 1928