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Atomic physics.- Bohr (Niels) An archive of Bohr material from the collection of Lewis L. Strauss, comprising, 3 T.L.s.s from Bohr, 3 pp. in total, Copenhagen and Valby, 26th October, 1945, 5th March 1951, and 18th October, 1951, enclosing a typescript and offprint, and arranging social plans, original envelopes (the second two letters sent together); Light and life. Address delivered at the opening of The International Congress on Light Therapy, signed presentation copy from Bohr to Strauss, original grey printed wrappers, neatly reinforced with cloth tape along spine, Copenhagen, 1932; Resonance in Uranium and Thorium Disintegration and the Phenomenon of Nuclear Fission, offprint from The Physical Review, vol. 55, no 4, 15th February, single sheet, some chipping at foot, little spotting, 1939; An original typescript copy of Bohr's article 'A Challenge to Civilization', which appeared in Science, vol. 102, October 12, 1945, with a 2 pp, letter of transmittal to Strauss, 26th October, 1945, folded, and affixed to letter and book with staples; 5 additional offprints or extracts: 'Science and Civilization' (1945); 'Natural Philosophy and Human Cultures'(1939); Referate and diskussionen' (1936);'"Biology and Atomic Physics' (1938); 'Disintegration of Heavy Nuclei' (1939); 'Transmutations of Atomic Nuclei' (1937); and 'Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?' (1935); and 3 original color photographic portraits of Bohr taken by Strauss, August, 1955, at the Conference for the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, mounted on front pastedown, with an autograph note from Strauss beneath, occasional spotting, all bound into a later cloth over boards folder, spine titled in gilt 'Nils Bohr to L.L.S., rubbed, small 4to ⁂ A fascinating and intimate archive between friends. Strauss was was one of the first commissioners of the Atomic Energy Commission, the civilian authority in charge of atomic research after World War II. He was appointed its Chairman in 1953. He was a strong proponent of the development of the nuclear bomb as a deterrent, as well as for the peaceful application of nuclear power. Includes a rare offprint which identifies nuclear Isotope U-235.