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Papers of Dirk ter Haar
MSS 142

Collection Title

Papers of Dirk ter Haar

Collection Identifier

MSS 142

Inclusive date(s)

1939 to 1987

Extent and Medium

17 boxes

Category

Other

Subject: Person(s)

Subject: Organisation(s)

Collection Description

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

Administrative / Biographical history

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

Acquisition Details

The collection was transferred in a single consignment.

Scope and Content

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.

Access Restrictions

Other

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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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

Existence and Location of Orginals

Special Collections, UNSW Canberra

Disclaimer

This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed above. 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.

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