Results for "Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Atomic and Molecular Physics Division"
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000050, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Records, 1949-1964
- Date: 1949 1949-1964
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 10-007, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department, Grant Proposals, 2004-2006
- Date: 2004 2004-2006
- Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 09-292, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department, Grant Proposals, 2003-2006
- Date: 2003 2003-2006
- Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Sponsored Projects and Procurement Department
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
Smithsonian Scientists at Work
- Date: April 20, 2017
- Description: [view:sia_slideshow==75408]Scientific research has been integral to the Smithsonian, from its founding to today. The Smithsonian's founder, Englishman James Smithson, saw in the U.S. (according to his biographer, Heather Ewing) "a place of the future" that could support "science and progress for humanity." He believed that scientists were "citizens of the world" and that the
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 02-164, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Department of Contracts, Grants and Property Management, Grant Proposals, 1957-2001
- Date: 1957 1957-2001
- Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Department of Contracts, Grants and Property Management
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 90-050, Smithsonian Institution Office of Grants and Risk Management, Records, circa 1975-1988
- Date: 1975 1975-1988 circa 1975-1988
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Grants and Risk Management
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 95-103, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Contracts and Procurement Office, Grant Proposals, 1987-1990
- Date: 1987 1987-1990
- Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Contracts and Procurement Office
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Spinthariscope and the Smithsonian
- Date: January 9, 2018
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_287602,size=250,left]As a child in England in the 1930s, Oliver Sacks enjoyed playing with his Uncle Abe’s spinthariscope. It was, he would later recall, “a beautifully simple instrument, consisting of a fluorescent screen and a magnifying eyepiece, and inside, an infinitesimal speck of radium.We take a look at the spinthariscope at the Smithsonian.
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000293, National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Physical Sciences, Records, 1956-1976
- Date: 1956 1956-1976
- Creator: National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Physical Sciences
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Document
Torch 05/1973
- Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1973 Box 1 Folder 5
- Authority Record/EAC
Agency history, 1978-
- Date: 1978 1978-
- Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Radio and Geoastronomy Division
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 05-050, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Department of Contracts, Grants and Property Management, Grant Proposals, 1976-2004
- Date: 1976 1976-2004
- Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Department of Contracts, Grants and Property Management
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives