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Innovative Lives: Supercool Scientist–William Phillips

A Nobel Prize winner inspired students to see how cool science can be through his research on supercool atoms.

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Innovative Lives: Marvelous Masers—Charles Townes

Nobel-Prize winning scientist Charles Townes shared the story of his invention of the maser and his early interests in science with middle-school students during an "Innovative Lives" program.

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"Tantalus" Synchrotron Radiation Source

A story of disappointment, success, and cutting-edge physics.

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John Tasker Henderson Fonds, 1921-1983

Inventor Name Henderson, John Tasker Repository Library and Archives Canada395 Wellington StreetOttawa, ON K1A 0N4CANADAReference: 613-996-5115 or 1-866-578-7777 (toll free in Canada and the US)

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Serge Scherbatskoy Papers

Inventor Name Scherbatskoy, Serge Repository National Museum of American HistorySmithsonian InstitutionArchives CenterP.O. Box 37012MRC 601/Room 1100Washington, DC 20013-7012202-633-3270www.americanhistory.si.edu/archives

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Walter Brattain Family Papers, 1860-1990 ( inclusive)

Inventor Name Brattain, Walter Repository Whitman College345 Boyer Ave.Walla Walla, WA 99362(509) 527-5922archives@whitman.eduwww.whitman.edu/archives Physical Description Approximately 38 linear feet (45 boxes)

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Henry Augustus Rowland Papers, 1793-1970

Inventor Name Rowland, Henry Augustus

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Phillips Laboratories United States Patents, 1947-1964

Inventor Name Various Repository American Institute of PhysicsCenter for History of PhysicsNiels Bohr LibraryOne Physics EllipseCollege Park, MD 20740http://www.aip.org/history/

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Papers of Vannevar Bush, 1901-1974 (bulk 1932-1955)

Inventor Name Bush, Vannevar Repository Library of Congress101 Independence Ave. SERoom LM 101James Madison Memorial BldgWashington, D.C. 20540-4680202-707-5387www.loc.gov

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Raymond Bowers Papers, ca.1950-1979

Inventor Name Bowers, Raymond

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Patent Matters [1941-1945]

Inventor Name Various Repository National Archives at College Park8601 Adelphi RoadCollege Park, MD 20740-6001http://www.archives.gov/research/ Physical Description Folder no. 6

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The Register of Leo Szilard Papers, 1898 - 1998

Inventor Name Szilard, Leo Repository Mandeville Special Collections LibraryUCSD Libraries 0175S9500 Gilman DriveLa Jolla, CA 92093-017858-534-2533http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/

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Charles McGee Heck Papers, 1938-1943

Inventor Name Heck, Charles McGee

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Roger Edge Clapp Papers, 1942-1991

Inventor Name Clapp, Roger Edge Repository American Institute of PhysicsCenter for History of PhysicsNiels Bohr LibraryOne Physics EllipseCollege Park, MD 20740http://www.aip.org/history/

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Maser and laser patents collection, 1956-1962.

Inventor Name Dicke, Robert H.; Norton, Lowell E.; Reder, Friedrich H.; Townes, Charles H.

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Midwestern Universities Research Association Papers, 1953-1974

Inventor Name Unknown

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Charles H. Townes Oral History Interview, 1979

Inventor Name Townes, Charles Repository American Institute of PhysicsOne Physics EllipseCollege Park, Maryland 20740-3843301-209-3100http://www.aip.org/history/

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Walter Guyton Cady Oral History Interview, 1963

Inventor Name Cady, Walter G. (Walter Guyton), Repository American Institute of PhysicsOne Physics EllipseCollege Park, Maryland 20740-3843301-209-3100http://www.aip.org/history/

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Guide to the Robert R. Wilson Papers, 1936-2000

Inventor Name Wilson, Robert R. Repository Cornell UniversityDivision of Rare and Manuscript Collections2B Carl A. Kroch LibraryIthaca, NY 14853607-255-3530http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/

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Henry DeWolf Smyth Papers, 1885-1987

Inventor Name DeWolf Smyth, Henry Repository American Philosophical Society105 South Fifth StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19106-3386215-440-3400http://www.amphilsoc.org/

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