Glaser, Donald Arthur
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1926 - 2013
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Donald A. Glaser Papers
Collection
Identifier: 10285-MS
Abstract
Donald Arthur Glaser (1926–2013) earned his PhD in Physics and Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology in 1950 and won the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the bubble chamber. He then changed his research focus to molecular biology and went on to co-found Cetus Corporation, the first biotechnology company. In the 1980s he again switched his focus to neurobiology and the visual system. The Donald A. Glaser papers consist of research notes and notebooks,...
Dates:
1918-2016; Majority of material found within 1949-2003
Interviews with Donald A. Glaser by Charlan Nemeth, 1993-01-01
Item
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of four interview sessions with Berkeley Professor of Physics and Nobelist Donald A. Glaser conducted by Charlan Nemeth. The transcripts do not include place or dates of the interviews. Accompanying correspondence states the interview dates to be 1993. Copyright documents and correspondence included. Copyright assigned to Charlan Nemeth, 2004.
The transcripts contain editorial corrections by Donald Glaser.
Dates:
1993-01-01
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- Unprocessed Material 1
- Archival Object 1
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- Subject
- Manuscript Collection 2
- Bubble Chambers 1
- Molecular biology 1
- Neuroscience 1
- Nobel Prize winners 1
