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Manuscript Name | Papers of Dirk ter Haar |
Manuscript Number | MSS 142 |
Last Updated | June 2021 |
Extent | 17 boxes |
Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
Abstract | Draft manuscripts, notebooks, photographs, Russian texts, lecture and course notes, book reviews, pamphlets and reprints relating to the research and teaching career of physicist, Dirk ter Haar |
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This collection relates to the eminent Anglo-Dutch theoretical physicist and university lecturer Dirk ter Haar. The material comprises draft manuscripts, photographs, Russian texts, lecture and course notes, book reviews,and a long sequence of pamphlets and reprints Of special interest are ter Haar’s eight handwritten university notebooks (c1939-1940s) kept whilst a student in Leiden.
1939-1987
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_ter_Haar
Anglo-Dutch physicist. Born at Oosterwolde, Netherlands in 1919, Dirk ter Haar attained his doctorate from the University of Leiden (1948) on the origins of the solar system. After post-doctoral research in Denmark and the United States, ter Haar became Reader in theoretical physics and Fellow of Magdalen College, University of Oxford, where he remained until retirement in 1986. At Oxford ter Haar was a committed teacher of graduates and undergraduates, and Anthony Leggett (Nobel laureate in Physics, 2003) and Deng Jiaxian (Chinese nuclear physicist) number amongst his notable students. Ter Haar was also an energetic editor and linguist, translating several seminal works into English, his knowledge of Russian providing him with access to Soviet scientific advances ahead of his colleagues in the West.
References:
Dirk ter Haar, Physics Today, Volume 57, Issue 2, p. 79 (2004); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1688082 retrieved 5 November 2020
Access: Open Access
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.
Copying: Copying of material for private study and research is approved
Papers of Dirk ter Haar, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 142, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
The collection was transferred in a single consignment.
Dirk ter Haar 1919-2002 – Archives
Physics – Study and teaching (Higher)
Science – Soviet Union
Dirk ter Haar 1919-2002
University of Oxford
Physicists
Academics
Folder 1
Manuscript - Chapters I-IV
Folder 2
Manuscript - Chapters V-VII
Folder 3
Manuscript - Appendix I-VI
‘Uranus’ – script
Folders 4-7
Notes
Folders 8-14
Notes
Folders 15-16
Notebooks (7 items; an additional notebook is housed in Box 17)
Folder 17
Notes
Folder 18
Papers
Correspondence
Black and white photographs with list
Folders 19-21
Pamphlets and reprints
Folder 22
Pamphlets and reprints - includes 12 unidentified photographs
Folders 23-26
Pamphlets and reprints
Folders 27-33
Pamphlets and reprints
Folders 34-40
Pamphlets and reprints
Folders 41-48
Pamphlets and reprints
Folders 49-57
Pamphlets and reprints
Folders 58-65
Pamphlets and reprints
Folders 66-74
Pamphlets and reprints
Folders 75-82
Pamphlets and reprints
Folders 83-90
Pamphlets and reprints
Folders 91-99
Pamphlets and reprints
Folders 100-108
Pamphlets and reprints
Folder 109
Pamphlets and reprints
Folders 110-114
Papers, 1942-1969
Folder 115
Book reviews, 1955-1980
Russian papers
Folder 116
Lecture topics
Folder 117
Papers, 1970-1987
Folders 118-121
Papers, 1970-1987
Folders 122-126
Russian texts
Folders 127-129
Russian texts
Folders 130-133
Lecture course
Notebook, 1939-1940