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The Papers of Robert F. Bacher

Bacher, Robert F. (2002) The Papers of Robert F. Bacher. Finding Aids Online, California Institute of Technology Archives, Pasadena, California.

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Abstract

The working papers, correspondence, publications, photos and biographical materials of Robert F. Bacher (1905-2004) form the collection known as the Papers of Robert F. Bacher in the Archives of the California Institute of Technology. Bacher was a nuclear physicist who during World War II worked on radar at the MIT Radiation Laboratory and then from 1943 at Los Alamos on the atomic bomb. He was one of the first members of the US Atomic Energy Commission (1946-49). He served on the faculty and in the administration of the California Institute of Technology from 1949 until his retirement in 1976.

EPrint Type:Finding Aid
Processor(s):Kevin C. Knox, Charlotte Erwin
Processing Date(s):2002
Uncontrolled Keywords:Accelerators; Arms control; Atomic bomb; Manhattan Project; Nuclear physics; World War II; California Institute of Technology; Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory; U.S. Atomic Energy Commission; President’s Science Advisory Committee
Subjects:Subjects > Physics
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Subjects > Administration
ID Code:4
Deposited By:Finding Aids Administrator
Deposited On:07 January 2005
Record Number:CaltechFA:FA_Bacher_R
Official Persistent URL:http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechFA:FA_Bacher_R
Official Citation:[Identification of item, box and file number], Papers of Robert F. Bacher. Archives, California Institute of Technology.
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