Julian Seymour Schwinger (1918-1994) worked with J. Robert Oppenheimer in developing the atomic bomb, and taught at Harvard
University (1945-72) and UCLA (1972-88). He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 1965 for his contributions in the field
of quantum electrodynamics. The collection consists of correspondence, lecture notes, problem sets, manuscripts, speeches,
reports, research subject files, videotapes, films, notes, computations, and printed material related to Schwinger's research
and teaching activities in physics.
Schwinger was born February 12, 1918 in New York City; AB, Columbia, 1936; Ph.D, Columbia, 1939; received a National Research
Council Fellowship and went to UC Berkeley to work with J. Robert Oppenheimer; contributed to the development of the atomic
bomb as a staff member at the Metallurgical Laboratory, University of Chicago, 1943; staff member, Radiation Laboratory, MIT,
1943-46; taught at Harvard University, 1945-72; taught at UCLA, 1972-88; awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 1965 for his
contributions in the field of quantum electrodynamics; died July 16, 1994.Julian Seymour Schwinger (1918-1994), one of the leading physicists of the 20th century, shared the Nobel Prize in Physics
in 1965 with Richard Feynman and Shinichiro Tomonaga for their independent contributions in the field of quantum electrodynamics.
Schwinger's theoretical contributions in the late 1940s and early 1950s provoked a revolution in theoretical physics and laid
the foundations for progress in ultra-high-energy physics and in probing the ultimate structure of matter.
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