History of Science & Technology, Including the Life and Letters of Richard P. Feynman, and Space Exploration
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1 [Polio Vaccine]
A Vast Archive Relating to the Development of the Polio Vaccine, With Glass Vial From Original Vaccine Run
2 Compton, Arthur Holly
The 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Arthur Holly Compton, for His Demonstration of the Particle Nature of Electromagnetic Radiation
3 [WWII German Kriegsmarine]
Original, Combat-used WWII Kriegsmarine Signalbuch, Berlin, 1940
4 Enigma I
A Fully Operational Enigma I in Original Condition, in Rare Green Panzerholz Case
5 Trinitite
A Trinitite Specimen Created by the Trinity Nuclear Test in Alamagordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945
6 Feynman, Richard P.
Autograph Manuscript Signed Twice ("Richard Feynman"), Consisting of Poems, Drawings, and a Puzzle From a Young Richard Feynman
7 Feynman, Richard P.
Three Handwritten Poems by a Young Richard Feynman
8 [Feynman, Richard P.]
Collection of Richard Feynman's Academic Diploma & Records, Photo of Childhood Chemistry Lab, and Related Materials
9 [Feynman, Richard P.]
Documents Regarding the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, Pi Mu Epsilon Contest Certificate, etc.
10 Feynman, Melville
Autograph Letter Signed (“Dad”), to Lucille, Richard, and Joan Feynman, Written Facing Possibility of Death, 1938
11 Feynman, Richard P.
Autograph Letter Signed ("R.P. Feynman."), to His Mother Lucille Feynman, Announcing His First Solo Publication, 1939
12 [Feynman, Richard P.]
Collection of Academic Offer Letters Made to Feynman, From Princeton, Berkeley, and MIT
13 Feynman, Richard P.
Two Autograph Letters Signed (“R.P. Feynman”), to Lucille Feynman, Discussing Assisting His Advisor, John A. Wheeler
14 [Feynman, Richard P.]
Autograph Letter to Lucille Feynman, Describing His Work Schedule at Princeton
15 Feynman, Richard P.
Autograph Letter Signed (“RPF”) to Lucille Feynman, Regarding a Performance of Shakespeare's Othello
16 Feynman, Richard P.
Autograph Letter Signed (“R.P. Feynman”), to Lucille Feynman ("Mom"), Sending His Father a Long Division Puzzle
17 Feynman, Richard P.
Autograph Letter Signed (“RPF”), to Lucille Feynman, Recounting a Day in His Life at Princeton
18 Feynman, Richard P. and [Feynman, Lucille]
Correspondence between Richard Feynman and His Mother, Lucille Feynman, Regarding Marrying Arline Despite Her Illness, [1942]
19 Feynman, Richard P.
Autograph letter signed ("R.P.F.") to His Father Melville Feynman, Discussing Marrying Arline, [1942]
20 Feynman, Richard P.
Autograph Letter Signed (“RPF”), to Lucille Feynman, Recounting a Hiking Trip with His Los Alamos Colleagues
21 Feynman, Richard P.
Autograph Letter Signed ("R.P.F."), to Lucille Feynman, Discussing Pine Needle Tea as Scurvy Treatment
22 Feynman, Richard P.
Autograph Letter Signed (“Rich”), to Lucille Feynman, Telling His Mother Not to Give Out His Address at Los Alamos, [1943]
23 Feynman, Richard P.
Autograph Letter Signed (“R.P.F.”), to Lucille Feynman, Concerning the Inadequacies of Physicists as Lovers
24 Feynman, Richard P.
Autograph Letter Signed (“RPF”), to Lucille Feynman, Discussing His Talk at the Los Alamos Math Club
25 Feynman, Richard P.
Autograph Letter Signed (“RPF”), to Lucille Feynman, Describing Los Alamos and Its Surroundings
26 Feynman, Richard P.
Autograph Letter Signed ("R. P. Feynman.") to Lucille Feynman, Giving An Eyewitness Account of the Trinity Nuclear Test
27 Feynman, Richard P.
Autograph Letter Signed ("RP Feynman"), to Lucille Feynman, Discussing the Reaction to the Hiroshima Bombing at Los Alamos
28 Feynman, Richard P.
Autograph Letter Signed (“His Son Richard”), to Melville Feynman, Telling His Father How He Fostered His Love of Science
29 Feynman, Richard P.
Autograph Letter Signed ("R.P. Feynman" to top right), to the Draft Board, Telling Them Why He Should Not Be Drafted, [1946]
30 Feynman, Richard P.
Autograph Letter Signed (“Dick.”), Reassuring His Father of His Love for the Family
31 Feynman, Richard P.
Autograph Letter Signed (“RPF”), to His Sister Joan Feynman, Advising Her to Challenge Herself Academically
32 Feynman, Richard P.
A Remarkable Portrait by Richard Feynman of His Hero, Physicist Paul Dirac
33 [Feynman, Richard]
A Gold-bearing Rock From the Deepest Neutrino Lab in the World, Gifted to Richard Feynman by Frederick Reines — From One Nobel Laureate to Another
34 Feynman, Richard P.
“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” First Edition, First Printing, Signed and Inscribed by Feynman to His Cousin, White House Correspondent Frances Lewine
35 Feynman, Richard P.
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. First Edition, First Printing, Signed and Inscribed by Feynman to His Sister Joan
36 [Feynman, Richard]; Slater, John C. and Nathaniel H. Frank
Feynman's Undergraduate Copy of Slater & Frank's "Introduction to Theoretical Physics," Signed and With Notations by Him
37 [Feynman, Richard P.]; Pauling, Linus, and E. Bright Wilson, Jr.
Richard Feynman's Copy of Pauling & Wilson's "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics," Signed by Him
38 [Feynman, Richard]; Ruark, Arthur Edward and Harold Clayton Urey
Feynman's Undergraduate Copy of Ruark & Urey's "Atoms, Molecules, and Quanta"
39 [Feynman, Richard P.]; Slater, J.C.
Feynman's Copy of Slater's "Introduction to Chemical Physics", Signed by Feynman
40 Feynman, Richard P.
Dr. Joan Feynman's Copy of Her Brother, Richard Feynman's Doctoral Dissertation
41 Feynman, Richard
"The Character of Physical Law" (in Russian), Signed and Inscribed by Theoretical Physicist Kip Thorne to Richard Feynman
42 Roth Adder, ca. 1840-44
43 [Arithmometer]
A Thomas de Colmar Arithmometer (Arithmomètre), Model T1865A, ca. 1880
44 Staubli Freres & Cie
An Early 20th Century Jacquard Loom Punch Card Machine
45 Jobs, Steven
Letter from Jobs to Dave [Kominiak] Being a Sales Pitch for the Original Apple-1 Computers, 5 October 1976
46 Apple Computer, Inc.
Apple IIc Prototype With Carrying Case and Power Adapter
47 Apple Computer, Inc
Apple Macintosh Prototype Logic Board
48 Large Original Neon Apple Sign