(left to right): Gregory Breit (1899-1951) and Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (1902-1984)

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2007-0372]

Creator: Davis, Fremont 1915-1977

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1939

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2007-0372

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Summary

Gregory Breit (1899-1951) is shown standing with theoretical physicist Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (1902-1984), Cambridge University. Caption says: "The development of the newer theories of atomic and nuclear physics is predominantly in the hands of the younger men as this picture ... shows." This was probably taken at a National Academy of Sciences meeting in April 1939.

Subject

  • Breit, Gregory 1899-1981
  • Dirac, P. A. M (Paul Adrien Maurice) 1902-1984
  • National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
  • Nuclear physics
  • University of Cambridge

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2007-0372

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

1939

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Topic

  • Physics
  • Quantum theory

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2007-0372]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints

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