18. Physical sciences
Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
Ariel Bar-Sela collection
This collection includes materials used by Ariel Bar-Sela in his work involving the translation of ancient medical texts such as correspondence, facsimiles of texts in Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin, medical vocabulary index cards in these languages, and publications of translated versions of medical texts from the Middle Ages.
Richard Smalley papers
John L. Margrave academic papers
The academic papers of Chemistry Professor and Dean of Advanced Studies and Research John L. Margrave reflect the daily business of his career at Rice University, and his involvement with Gulf Universities Research Consortium (GURC), Houston Area Research Center (HARC), High Temperature Science, and Marchem, Incorporated.
Rice Institute Pamphlet and Rice University Studies records
This collection contains working drafts, business correspondence and receipts, and related material from "Rice University Studies," a university publication of scholarly works.
Rice University Engineering Alumni records
The records consist of association by-laws, meeting minutes, correspondence, and awards. Included are lists of annual selections of Outstanding Engineering Student and Outstanding Engineering Alumni.
Rice University Nobel Prize records
The collection consists of biographical sketches, invitations, news clippings, press releases and video clips relating to Nobel Laureates Robert Woodrow Wilson, Richard E. Smalley and Robert F. Curl.
Julian Huxley letter to G. W. N. Eggers
Personal letter from biologist Sir Julian Huxley to his student G.W. Hordholtz Eggers regarding their time working together in the biology lab at Rice Institute.
Julian Huxley and Anita Loos correspondence
Correspondence between biologist Julian Huxley to Anita Loos, American screenwriter, playwright, and author. Many of these are great in length and most with remarkable content, evidencing the intimacy of Huxley and Loos.
Joseph I. Davies papers
The Davies papers include papers, lecture notes, glass slides, and transparencies produced by Joseph I. Davies, who came to Rice Institute (later Rice University) in 1914 with Julian Huxley as his lab assistant, later received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Rice, and from 1929 to 1966 served as a member of the Rice faculty. The glass slides and transparencies taken by Davies include scenes of the early development of the Rice campus as well as later campus scenes and individuals.
Harold Albert Wilson Papers
This collection contains the papers of Harold Albert Wilson who was the first professor of physics at Rice Institute. Included are: Wilson's scientific papers (off-prints only); manuscript of bibliography of the H. A. Wilson scientific papers; "Catalogue of Apparatus," photographs, certificates, and letters to Norman Hurd Ricker.