N.C. Gerson papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 6300
Subjects: Syracuse University; Oceanography; International cooperation; Scientific expeditions; Meteorology; Radio wave propagation; Gravity; Cosmic rays; Research; Artificial satellites in ionospheric research; Ballistics; American Geophysical Union; Cosmos Club (Washington, D.C.); Upper Atmosphere; Auroras; Mitre Corporation; United States; Syracuse University. Research Corporation; Solar activity; Rocket observations; International Geophysical Year (1957-1958); Airglow; National Academy of Sciences (U.S.); Geophysics; Seismology; Science; United States. National Committee for the International Geophysical Year; Glaciology; Geomagnetism; Rockets (Aeronautics)
Description: Correspondence, biographical material, drafts and offprints of scientific articles, memoranda, minutes, notes and equations, reports, research material, rosters, schematics, and other papers documenting Gerson's career as  a research physicist and his service as a member of the  U.S. National Committee for the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958).  Organizations represented include the American Geophysical Union, Cosmos Club, Mitre Corporation, National Academy of Sciences, and Syracuse University Research Corporation.  Topics include airglow and auroras, ballistics research, cosmic rays, expeditions to Antarctic and Arctic regions, geomagnetism, glaciology, gravity, ionospheric research, meteorology, oceanography, radio wave propagation, rocket exploration of the upper atmosphere, rockets and  artificial satellites, scientific cooperation between the Soviet Union and the United States, seismology, and solar activity.
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Gift, N. C. Gerson, 1997-1999.

Research physicist.  Full name: Nathaniel Charles Gerson; born 1915.

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