| Description | Simon's relationship with 'Nature' was as mostly as a contributor of articles, including Essays, Book Reviews and Obituaries
The file includes discussion with the Editorial staff of 'Nature' on articles written or co-written by Simon: 'Solid Helium at High Temperatures (1949)', 'Solid-liquid equilibrium in Helium' (1950), 'Thermal Conductivity of Dielectric Crystal's (1951), the reprinting of Count Rumford's articles on the heating of houses (1953), 'Rumford Bicentennial Symposia and Awards', (1953) and 'Melting of iron at high pressures' (1953). Manuscript copies of the articles on Solid Helium at High Temperatures and the Rumford Symposia are included in the file.
The file also includes discussion on Book Reviews (eg WH Keesom, 'Helium', 1949), Obitauries (JR Park, 1952, F London, 1954) and Letters to the Editor (eg on sampling the upper atmosphere, 1949), submitted by Simon to 'Nature'.
Simon's contact with 'Nature' also included acting as a referee on articles submitted to 'Nature' and forwarding articles to the magazine from researchers at the Clarendon Laboratory. Also included is correspondence between Simon and Macmillan & Co, on a proposed International Dictionary of Physics (1954) |