Scientific lectures, 1954-1974
Folders B.24.1-B.24.2: 2 folders containing Coulson's MSS. of Summer School lecture notes, 1954-1973. Includes:
- 'What is atomic theory?'
- 'Atomic units'
- 'Hydrogen atoms'
- Variation theory'
- 'Koopmans' theorem'
- 'Self-consistent fields'
- 'Dirac scheme'
- 'Excitors'
- 'History of Oxford'
- 'Effect of magnetic field on a molecule'
- (Folder B.24.2. includes programmes and lists of members for the 1960-1962 Summer Schools)
Folder B.24.3: 'Hückel theory of organic chemistry', 1967-1973. MS. notes for Coulson's course of lectures to second year chemists, and related correspondence.
Folder includes ms. of chapter on [pi]-bonds, published in H. Eyring's series on Physical Chemistry.
Folder B.24.4: 'Problems in wave mechanics and quantum theory', 1964-1973. MS. notes for course of lectures, and problems sheets for distribution to students.
Folder B.24.5: MS. notes for course of lectures on mathematics for chemists, and related correspondence, 1973.
Folders B.24.6-B.24.8: MS. lecture notes for a one-year course in Wave Mechanics for M.Sc. students, Oxford, 1965-1974.
- Folder B.24.6: 'The hydrogen atom'
- Folder B.24.7: 'The helium atom'
- Folder B.24.8: 'The hydrogen molecule' (includes a set of notes taken by Elizabeth Colbourn, a student attending the course in 1973)
Dates
- Creation: 1954-1974
Extent
8 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Coulson 44
Former reference:
CSAC 60/4/78/B.24/1-8
Repository Details
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