King, John, 1925-2014

Scope and Contents of the Collection Notebooks from the MIT Radiation Laboratory (1942-1947), correspondence about the MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science and the Brookhaven National Laboratory, and information about his research on atomic clocks and molecular beams document Zacharias's scientific work. There is extensive correspondence with colleagues and professional organizations about scientific and educational issues. Correspondence documents his work on the Physical Science Study Committee and there are reports,...

Scope and Contents This collection documents the professional activities of John King, professor emeritus of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His papers, spanning from 1935 to 2015, comprise curricula, notes, publications, video, speeches, correspondence, and photographic materials. The bulk of the material concerns the teaching of physics through experiments on both a high school and college level. Course materials in the collection are primarily from introductory physics courses,...