PH 263 nuclear magnetism

James Thomas La Tourette, Agnar Pytte, F. C. Shure, Edwin F. Taylor

The collection consists of physics notes on nuclear magnetism taken by Harvard students James Thomas La Tourette (born 1931), Agnar Pytte (1932-2015), Fred Charles Shure (1934-2000), and Edwin Floriman Taylor (born 1931) in PH 263, a class taught by Harvard physics professor Edward Mills Purcell in the spring semester of 1954-1955. Topics addressed include investigations of nuclear and magnetic properties related to resonance effects, static paramagnetism, thermodynamic effects, and the electrical character of nuclei. The notes, organized into thirty-one lectures, are typewritten with annotations. Pyatte, Shure, and Floriman established careers in physics after leaving Harvard; La Tourette became an electrical engineer.