PH 263 nuclear magnetism

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.