History of Science & Technology, Including the Life and Letters of Richard P. Feynman, and Space Exploration

History of Science & Technology, Including the Life and Letters of Richard P. Feynman, and Space Exploration

History of Science & Technology, Including the Life and Letters of Richard P. Feynman, and Space Exploration

History of Science & Technology, Including the Life and Letters of Richard P. Feynman, and Space Exploration

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[Polio Vaccine]

1 [Polio Vaccine]

A Vast Archive Relating to the Development of the Polio Vaccine, With Glass Vial From Original Vaccine Run

Compton, Arthur Holly

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

[WWII German Kriegsmarine]

3 [WWII German Kriegsmarine]

Original, Combat-used WWII Kriegsmarine Signalbuch, Berlin, 1940

Enigma I

4 Enigma I

A Fully Operational Enigma I in Original Condition, in Rare Green Panzerholz Case

Trinitite

5 Trinitite

A Trinitite Specimen Created by the Trinity Nuclear Test in Alamagordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945

Feynman, Richard P.

6 Feynman, Richard P.

Autograph Manuscript Signed Twice ("Richard Feynman"), Consisting of Poems, Drawings, and a Puzzle From a Young Richard Feynman

Feynman, Richard P.

7 Feynman, Richard P.

Three Handwritten Poems by a Young Richard Feynman

[Feynman, Richard P.]

8 [Feynman, Richard P.]

Collection of Richard Feynman's Academic Diploma & Records, Photo of Childhood Chemistry Lab, and Related Materials

[Feynman, Richard P.]

9 [Feynman, Richard P.]

Documents Regarding the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, Pi Mu Epsilon Contest Certificate, etc.

Feynman, Melville

10 Feynman, Melville

Autograph Letter Signed (“Dad”), to Lucille, Richard, and Joan Feynman, Written Facing Possibility of Death, 1938

Feynman, Richard P.

11 Feynman, Richard P.

Autograph Letter Signed ("R.P. Feynman."), to His Mother Lucille Feynman, Announcing His First Solo Publication, 1939

[Feynman, Richard P.]

12 [Feynman, Richard P.]

Collection of Academic Offer Letters Made to Feynman, From Princeton, Berkeley, and MIT

Feynman, Richard P.

13 Feynman, Richard P.

Two Autograph Letters Signed (“R.P. Feynman”), to Lucille Feynman, Discussing Assisting His Advisor, John A. Wheeler

[Feynman, Richard P.]

14 [Feynman, Richard P.]

Autograph Letter to Lucille Feynman, Describing His Work Schedule at Princeton

Feynman, Richard P.

15 Feynman, Richard P.

Autograph Letter Signed (“RPF”) to Lucille Feynman, Regarding a Performance of Shakespeare's Othello

Feynman, Richard P.

16 Feynman, Richard P.

Autograph Letter Signed (“R.P. Feynman”), to Lucille Feynman ("Mom"), Sending His Father a Long Division Puzzle

Feynman, Richard P.

17 Feynman, Richard P.

Autograph Letter Signed (“RPF”), to Lucille Feynman, Recounting a Day in His Life at Princeton

Feynman, Richard P. and [Feynman, Lucille]

18 Feynman, Richard P. and [Feynman, Lucille]

Correspondence between Richard Feynman and His Mother, Lucille Feynman, Regarding Marrying Arline Despite Her Illness, [1942]

Feynman, Richard P.

19 Feynman, Richard P.

Autograph letter signed ("R.P.F.") to His Father Melville Feynman, Discussing Marrying Arline, [1942]

Feynman, Richard P.

20 Feynman, Richard P.

Autograph Letter Signed (“RPF”), to Lucille Feynman, Recounting a Hiking Trip with His Los Alamos Colleagues

Feynman, Richard P.

21 Feynman, Richard P.

Autograph Letter Signed ("R.P.F."), to Lucille Feynman, Discussing Pine Needle Tea as Scurvy Treatment

Feynman, Richard P.

22 Feynman, Richard P.

Autograph Letter Signed (“Rich”), to Lucille Feynman, Telling His Mother Not to Give Out His Address at Los Alamos, [1943]

Feynman, Richard P.

23 Feynman, Richard P.

Autograph Letter Signed (“R.P.F.”), to Lucille Feynman, Concerning the Inadequacies of Physicists as Lovers

Feynman, Richard P.

24 Feynman, Richard P.

Autograph Letter Signed (“RPF”), to Lucille Feynman, Discussing His Talk at the Los Alamos Math Club

Feynman, Richard P.

25 Feynman, Richard P.

Autograph Letter Signed (“RPF”), to Lucille Feynman, Describing Los Alamos and Its Surroundings

Feynman, Richard P.

26 Feynman, Richard P.

Autograph Letter Signed ("R. P. Feynman.") to Lucille Feynman, Giving An Eyewitness Account of the Trinity Nuclear Test

Feynman, Richard P.

27 Feynman, Richard P.

Autograph Letter Signed ("RP Feynman"), to Lucille Feynman, Discussing the Reaction to the Hiroshima Bombing at Los Alamos

Feynman, Richard P.

28 Feynman, Richard P.

Autograph Letter Signed (“His Son Richard”), to Melville Feynman, Telling His Father How He Fostered His Love of Science

Feynman, Richard P.

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]

Feynman, Richard P.

30 Feynman, Richard P.

Autograph Letter Signed (“Dick.”), Reassuring His Father of His Love for the Family

Feynman, Richard P.

31 Feynman, Richard P.

Autograph Letter Signed (“RPF”), to His Sister Joan Feynman, Advising Her to Challenge Herself Academically

Feynman, Richard P.

32 Feynman, Richard P.

A Remarkable Portrait by Richard Feynman of His Hero, Physicist Paul Dirac

[Feynman, Richard]

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

Feynman, Richard P.

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

Feynman, Richard P.

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

[Feynman, Richard]; Slater, John C. and Nathaniel H. Frank

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

[Feynman, Richard P.]; Pauling, Linus, and E. Bright Wilson, Jr.

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

[Feynman, Richard]; Ruark, Arthur Edward and Harold Clayton Urey

38 [Feynman, Richard]; Ruark, Arthur Edward and Harold Clayton Urey

Feynman's Undergraduate Copy of Ruark & Urey's "Atoms, Molecules, and Quanta"

[Feynman, Richard P.]; Slater, J.C.

39 [Feynman, Richard P.]; Slater, J.C.

Feynman's Copy of Slater's "Introduction to Chemical Physics", Signed by Feynman

Feynman, Richard P.

40 Feynman, Richard P.

Dr. Joan Feynman's Copy of Her Brother, Richard Feynman's Doctoral Dissertation

Feynman, Richard

41 Feynman, Richard

"The Character of Physical Law" (in Russian), Signed and Inscribed by Theoretical Physicist Kip Thorne to Richard Feynman

Roth Adder, ca. 1840-44

42 Roth Adder, ca. 1840-44

[Arithmometer]

43 [Arithmometer]

A Thomas de Colmar Arithmometer (Arithmomètre), Model T1865A, ca. 1880

Staubli Freres & Cie

44 Staubli Freres & Cie

An Early 20th Century Jacquard Loom Punch Card Machine

Jobs, Steven

45 Jobs, Steven

Letter from Jobs to Dave [Kominiak] Being a Sales Pitch for the Original Apple-1 Computers, 5 October 1976

Apple Computer, Inc.

46 Apple Computer, Inc.

Apple IIc Prototype With Carrying Case and Power Adapter

Apple Computer, Inc

47 Apple Computer, Inc

Apple Macintosh Prototype Logic Board

Large Original Neon Apple Sign

48 Large Original Neon Apple Sign