Columbia

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February 1966 Physics Today History was made at Columbia
 
1989 Biographical Memoirs Herbert L. Anderson John Ray Dunning 1907-1975

Dunning was the driving force in Columbia's nuclear research program. Anderson recalls the events around the early nuclear fission and uranium enrichment projects at Columbia. A highlight is the full text of Dunning's letter to Alfred Nier requesting U235 sample for testing (important to us because this connection is what brought Rustad to Columbia).

July 2000 Electronic Journal of Differential Equations Joseph Sucher Columbia physics in the fifties: Untold tales

The life of a Columbia physics grad student in the 50s


2003 Robert A. McCoughey Stand Columbia

The history of the flowering of the Columbia Physics Department under I. I. Rabi is recounted in Chapter 13.