Collection ID: 4077879 BAR Ms Coll/Novak

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Novak, Taras Konstantinovich, 1887-1968
Extent:
300 items and 6 boxes
Language:
Russian .

Background

Scope and Content:

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks, diagrams and tables, lists of addresses, and printed materials. Correspondence is mostly drafts of letters by Novak and letters to and from Mark Weinbaum. The bulk of the collection consists of manuscripts by Novak dealing with topics in engineering and physics. Novak criticizes Einstein's Theory of Relativity and Newton's laws of mechanics in his discussions. Notebooks include drafts of articles. Diagrams and tables mostly complement his manuscripts. Printed materials include copies of a pamphlet by Novak"Fizika 3-khmernogo prostranstva.".

Biographical / Historical:

Teacher of mathematics and physics and a mechanical engineer in the U.S.S.R., who emigrated to the United States after World War II.

Acquisition information:
Papers: Source of acquisition--Vera K. Novak. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1971.
Processing information:

Papers Accessioned 1971.

Papers Processed 05/--/80.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:
aapm

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is located on-site.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027, United States
CONTACT:
(212) 854-5590
rbml@library.columbia.edu