Janus: The Papers of Sir Hermann Bondi

Churchill/BOND contains:
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11	General Scientific Matters
12	Policy Groups, International Relations, Political Bodies, Pressure Groups
13	Industry, Commerce, Management
14	Ecology, Environment
15	Nuclear Power, Non-Nuclear Alternatives, Nuclear Arms, Defence
16	TV, Radio, Media
17	Patronage
18	Naval Radar Trust
19	NERC (National Environment Research Council)
20	Scientific Publications and Articles (by Other Authors)
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The Papers of Sir Hermann Bondi

Title	Papers, Publications
Reference	BOND 5
Covering Dates	1942–2006
Extent and Medium	26.5 archive boxes

Content and context

Duplicates removed from files BOND 5/53-79. BOND 5/80-5/95 were added in 2012 and some duplicates of material already in the collection were removed from these files.

In BOND 5/53-79, where copies of lectures and speeches had been filed with papers and publications, the original arrangement has been retained.

Churchill/BOND 5 contains:

HB and Thomas Gold, "The Steady State Theory of the Expanding Universe". Original typescript drafts with ms amendments and additions.
96 pp.

c. 1945

"On the Accretion Problem in a hot gas at rest at infinity". Manuscript.
19 pp.

c. 1945

"The Theory of Relativity" by HB. Typescript draft of a book.
116 pp.

Fellowship dissertation for Trinity College, Cambridge. Typescript (in green folder).
57 pp.

1942

"On the Problem of Breakers". Manuscript (in orange folder).
25 pp.

1942

"The Theory of Receiver Noise", HB. Written at the Admiralty Signal Establishment Extension, Witley, Surrey. 4 copies, ts, and related notes.
1 file.

1944

Publications lists. Lists of HB's publications.
1 file.

1947–1985

"Paper F107" (CM and H Bondi). Correspondence with W H McCrea of the Royal Astronomical Society and related papers re this paper and the possibility of publishing it.
1 file.

1948–1949

HB and T Gold, "On the Damping of the Free Nutation of the Earth". Typescript with ms annotations.
7 pp.

1955

"Gravitational Waves - Van der Burg". Paper entitled Gravitational Waves, ts with ms annotations, with related correspondence.
1 file.

1957–1962

"Why Scientists Talk". In 'The Advancement of Science' (Journal of the British Association for the Advancement of Science). [Article based on the British Association's Granada lecture delivered by HB in the Guildhall, London 12 Oct 1961.].
1 item.

1961

Reviews of HB's publications and publication notices.
1 file.

1961–1969

"Massive Spheres in General Relativity". Photocopy of published article, "Massive Spheres in General Relativity", received October 1963, revised March 1964.
15 pp.

1964

The Year's Developments in the Arts and Sciences - Astronomy and the Physical Sciences. Reprinted from The Great Ideas Today, 1966, by Encyclopedia Britannica.
1 item.

1966

"Gravitation". Offprint from Proceedings of the Royal Institution 42 no. 195 of a paper delivered by HB at the weekly evening meeting of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, 1 Dec 1967.
10 pp.

1967

HB and T Morgan, "Transfer of Energy in General Relativity", for the Proceedings of the Royal Society. Typescript with ms amendments.
25 pp.

1969

"Gravitational Bounce in General Relativity". Offprint from Mon. Not. (??) R. Astr. Soc.
21 pp.

1969

'The Achievement of Sir Karl Popper'. Transcription of discussion between HB and others in 'The Listener'.
1 item.

24 Aug 1974

"Electronics and Human Beings". Offprint from Electronics and Power of article based on lecture delivered by HB to the IEE Electronics Division 13 Feb 1974.
1 item; 4 pp.

19 Sep 1974

Einstein Centenary article. Correspondence and papers re a contribution by HB to Einstein's Centenary [published in Italy, 1979], entitled "Is General Relativity Necessary for Einstein's Theory of Gravitation?", including ms and ts drafts of the article.
1 file.

1976–1980

"The Lure of Completeness". Offprint reprinted from the Encyclopedia of Ignorance, ed. Ronald Duncan and Miranda Weston-Smith, the purpose of the article being "to show that our most successful theories in physics are those that explicitly leave room for the unknown, while confining this room sufficiently to make the theory empirically disprovable"; also includes typescript draft.
1 file.

1977

"Defence and the Scientist". 6pp ts of article to form Chapter 9 of 'The Sensitive Scientist', published by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1978.
1 file.

1978

Einstein and Our Culture. 3rd Leggett Lecture given by HB at the University of Surrey, 30.5.79.
10 pp booklet.

1979

"Relativity Theory and Gravitation". Article in Technology Review Mar/Apr 1979, written by HB to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Albert Einstein (excerpt from Einstein: A Centenary Volume, ed A P French, 1979).
1 file.

1979

"Radiation from Accelerated Charges". Typescript and related manuscript pages.
1 file.

1980

"The Rigid Body Dynamics of Unidirectional Spin". Notes and drafts, ms and ts.
1 file.

'Energy Policy: A Common Approach': [book edited by Sir Derek Ezra, chairman of the National Coal Board]. Drafts of various chapters; comments and criticism from various quarters; correspondence between HB and Derek Ezra re HB's draft chapter (compiled jointly with Anthony Challis) on "Energy Research".
1 file.

1980–1981

'Energy Policy: A Common Approach': [book edited by Sir Derek Ezra, chairman of the National Coal Board]. Final draft of book and correspondence with Derek Ezra re same; also correspondence with the National Coal Board re NCB management courses.
1 file.

1981–1982

Institute of Physics. Correspondence and papers re membership, subscriptions etc; also correspondence re article by HB to be published in Physics Education (journal of the IP) in July 1982 on physics education and nuclear weapons.
1 file.

1981–1982

Foundations of Physics - Popper article. Papers and correspondence re an article written by HB for Foundations of Physics [international journal published in the USA] on Sir Karl Popper to celebrate KP's 80th birthday in 1982, including ts copy of the article; also invitation to HB to serve on the advisory editorial board of the Fundamental Theories of Physics Series (an offshoot of FoP), accepted 1981.
1 file.

1981–1982

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. Copy of Vol. 7 No. 1 March 1982 containing an article by HB entitled "Science Adviser to Government"; also correspondence with Dr Anthony Michaelis, Editor, and HB's comments on abstracts of articles proposed for publication. [HB was a member of the editorial board].
1 file.

1981–1989

Max-Planck Institut fur Physik und Astrophysik. Request for a contribution to a volume to celebrate the 60th birthday of Prof Reimar Lust, President of the MPI; correspondence; minutes of the Senate Committee for Research Policy and Research Planning.
1 file.

1982–1984

Review of F Hoyle's "The Intelligent Universe", in The Freethinker [secular humanist monthly].
1 magazine.

June 1984

"Ecology papers". Papers re algal growth in the Norfolk Broads and ms and ts drafts of a paper entitled "Discontinuous Change in Population", later "A Model of Discontinuous Change in a Three-Component Community"; also correspondence with Brian Moss of the University of East Anglia and others re the same, and offprints of the article as published by the Royal Society in 1985.
3 files.

1984–1985

Prof Donald Michie - "On Machine Intelligence". Typescript draft copy of HB's preface to a new edition of the publication, proofs of other parts of the publication and related correspondence.
1 file.

1985

Bernard Spurgin. Notes, correspondence, papers and drafts for a joint article by HB and C B Spurgin entitled "Energy Has Mass", re interpretation of Einstein's equation E=mc2, arising from a talk by HB on 'Relativity' in Manchester in 1985: including copy of article as published in Physics Bulletin Feb 1987. Also post-publication correspondence and comment on the article.
1 file.

1985–1987

Publications. Requests to HB to produce articles; copies of published articles; correspondence re articles written by HB; transcripts of speeches for editing; requests to HB to review books.
2 files.

1986–1989

Times Higher Education Supplement articles. "A Strategy for the Science Base: Thoughts of an Iconoclast", published 27 Nov 1987 (correspondence concerning the article and ts copy); also "Science at the X-Road: Sir Hermann Bondi replies to the criticism of the Advisory Board for the Research Councils' three-tier strategy for science" and copies of 'letters to the editor' in reply to the article, 11 Dec 1987; also ts of article on "The Religious Clauses of the Education Reform Bill" to be published in July 1988 and related correspondence.
1 file.

1987–1988

Two requests to write papers (both declined).
1 file.

1989

"On Dalla's Spherical Symmetric Systems in General Relativity". Typescript.
12 pp.

"Radiation as a Source of Gravitation". Photocopy of ms.
12 pp.

"The Physics of Space and Time". Typescript.
3 pp.

"The Geometry of the Twelve Pennies Problem". Typescript and ms.
16 pp.

"The Behaviour of Dust Under the Influence of Radiation Pressure and Gravity", HB and Peter Noerdlinger. Typescript draft.
37 pp.

"The Behaviour of Dust Under the Influence of Radiation Pressure and Gravity", HB and Peter Noerdlinger. Typescript draft and ms graphs.
47 pp.

"The Behaviour of Dust Under the Influence of Radiation Pressure and Gravity", HB and Peter Noerdlinger. Correspondence with PN re same and related papers. Also including "Synthesis of Cystine Peptides using Insoluble Polymeric Carriers" - thesis submitted for PhD degree by "the late" Elchanan Ezra Bondi, submitted to the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, August 1972.
1 file.

1972–1973

"The Objectives and Character of Graduate Study". From Universities Quarterly, based on a verbatim transcript of a discussion meeting between HB and Professor Richard Hoggart (offprint).
20 pp.

Gravitation and Modern Physics. 2 ts copies of Chapters I (Newtonian Gravitation), II (Relativity) and IV (Einstein's Theory of Gravitation).
1 file.

"Elliptic Functions". Ms notes.
1 file.

50A

Review of HB's autobiography, "Science, Churchill and me", 'Physics World', vol 3, no. 9, p. 55.
1 item.

Sept 1990

50B

Review of HB's "Assumption of myth in physical theory", 'TLS'.
1 item.

1968

"Relativity". Papers and correspondence on HB's work on Relativity, including notes on Einstein centenary lecture.
1 file.

1979–1990

"Thomas Gold: 22 May 1920-22 June 2004". Biographical memoir for the Royal Society written by Sir Hermann Bondi, and completed by Alice Bondi following Sir Hermann's death in 2005.
1 pamphlet.

2006

Defence. Includes articles and lectures by HB on "The Case for a Nuclear Defence Policy"; "Famine, the forgotten enemy"; "Defence"; "Defence and the Scientist"; "Defence and the Citizen: a European View"; "The Scientist's Role in Defence"; address of welcome to DRG seminar; "Defence and the Energy Crisis"; "Technological Developments"; "Science and the Future of Defence"; "Defence technology and its Limitations"; "Science and Defence"; "Technology in the 1990s"; Lees Knowles Lectures, Cambridge on "Science and Defence: Contrasts and Similarities", "Big Science as a Public Activity", "Modern Technology: The Industrial Dimension" and "International Competition and International Collaboration"; "A View from MO.D."; "Likely Developments in Science and Technology". Also includes correspondence about the articles and lectures and a list of the articles.
3 files.

1972–1985

Cosmology I. Includes articles by HB on "The Steady-State Theory of the Expanding Universe" (with Thomas Gold); "The Steady-State Theory of Cosmology and Relativity"; "Newton and the twentieth century: a personal view"; "Steady-State Cosmology"; "Modern Theories of Cosmology"; "Foundations of General Relativity and Cosmology"; "Relativity and Cosmology"; "Physics and Cosmology"; "Is Physical Cosmology a Science?"; "The Structure of the Universe"; "Review of Cosmology". Also includes a list of HB's articles.
1 file.

1948–1988

Cosmology II. Includes articles by HB on "Europe in Space"; "Astronomy of the Future"; "Why is it Dark at Night?"; "As much of Cosmology as is Possible"; review of Heckmann's "Theorien der Kosmologie"; "Cosmology as a Science" (The Seventh Edwards Memorial Lecture); "Why Mourn the Passing of Determinacy?"; "Can Intelligence Comprehend the Universe?"; "The Integration of the Equations of Planetary Constitution" (with L. Marder); "Magneto-Hydrostatics of Stellar Atmospheres: the Axially Symmetric Equilibrium Configurations"; "Science as an Adventure"; "The cosmological scene, 1945-1952"; "Steady-state Cosmology"; essay review of Nigel Calder's "The Key to the Universe"; "Foundations"; "Cosmology"; "Some problems in the Steady State Cosmology"; "Science and the Structure of the Universe" (Joule Memorial Lecture). Also includes articles on cosmology by others.
3 files.

1959–1996

55A

"Slides: Why is it dark at night". Four slides in an envelope.
1 file.

Environment I. Includes articles by HB and copies of talks given by HB as Chairman of NERC (National Environment Research Council): "Research in Environmental Radioactivity Studies"; "Physical Resources"; "The Challenge of the Environment"; "Environmental Effects of Burning More Coal"; "The Application of Satellites in Connection with the Environment"; "The Physical Resources of the Earth and how science and Improve their Utilization" (Coromandel Lecture); "Industry and the Sciences of the Environment"; "Knowledge and the Environment" (1982). Also includes list of the articles.
2 files.

1979–1985

Environment II and Space. Includes articles and talks by HB: "The dropping of a cylinder" (1993); "The Sciences"; "Challenges for International Scientific Cooperation"; "European Cooperation in the Field of Space: Satellites"; "Space"; "International Cooperation in Space"; "New Views from Space"; "Man - Machine Interface"; "Crisis and achievement: ESRO 1967-1971"; "Remote Sensing: Moving Towards the 21st Century"; "Energy has Mass" (with C B Spurgin); "Jobs I Have Enjoyed"; "Foundations of General Relativity and Cosmology"; "Why Gravitation is not Simple"; "Gravitation" (1993). Also includes article by Thomas Gold.
1 file.

1968–1997

Education I. Includes articles by HB on "Preparation for careers in engineering and science"; "Education, Industry and Government"; "Physics, education and society"; "The teaching of special relativity"; "The Well-designed Camel"; "Am Education Second to None"; "Turning a training into an education"; "Mathematics, the universities and social change"; "The objectives and character of graduate study"; "Education in the future". Also includes copy of Green Paper on Higher Education and list of the articles.
1 file.

1962–1988

Education II. Includes articles by HB on "Science teaching: the false prospectus"; "Responsibility of education: Technology and employment" (1986); "The applicability of mathematics"; "Science as an education"; "Teaching a subject educationally" (with J.M. Bates); the Wunsch Lecture at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology; "1984: the impact of science on society"; "The making of a scientist"; "Education and science" (Encyclopaedia Britannica Lecture); "Mathematics, education and teachers" (with Norman Clarke); "The state of mathematics education"; "The dangers of rejecting mathematics"; "Who can do research?"; "Education, industry and government"; "Mathematics as an Education". Also includes a list of the articles.
1 file.

1972–1986

Einstein. Lectures by HB on Einstein and a book review.
1 file.

1979–1994

General Relativity: Energy and Dust. Includes articles by HB on "Energy transfer by gravitation in Newtonian theory" with W. H. McCrea (1959); "Gravitational energy yields"; "Energy transfer in general relativity"; "Transfer of energy in general relativity" (with T. Morgan); "The behaviour of dust under the influence of radiation pressure and gravity" (with P.D. Noerdlinger); "Radiation pressure on dust in general relativity". Also includes articles by others; list of articles and copies of correspondence with Noerdinger.
1 file.

1969–1973

General Relativity: Spheres. Includes articles by HB on "The multipole expansion far from an isolated source" with Wolfgang Rindler (1990); "Bouncing spheres in general relativity"; "Gravitational collapse"; "Gravitational bounce in general relativity"; "On Datta's spherically symmetric systems in general relativity" (1971); "The contraction of gravitating spheres"; "Massive spheres in general relativity". Also includes list of articles and copies of diagrams for "The contraction of gravitational spheres" [not used].
1 file.

1964–1971

General Relativity. Includes articles by HB on "The foundations of the theory of gravitation"; "The angular momentum of cylindrical systems in general relativity" (1994); "The foundations of general relativity"; "Theory of gravitation"; "Relativity theory and gravitation" (article for the Einstein Centenary volume); "La relatività generale è veramente necessaria per la teoria della gravitazione di Einstein?"; "Radiation as a source of gravitation". Also includes list of articles.
1 file.

1975–1999

General Relativity. Offprints of articles by HB on gravitational waves.
1 file.

1959–1989

General Relativity. Includes offprints of articles by HB on "Conservation and non-conservation in general relativity" (1990); "The multipole expansion for from an isolated source" with Wolfgang Rindler (1990); "The gravitational redshift from static spherical bodies" (1999); "The angular momentum of cylindrical systems in general relativity" (1994); "Anisotropic spheres in general relativity" (1992); "The mass of cylindrical systems in general relativity".
1 file.

1989–1998

General Relativity. Includes articles by HB on "Foundations of general relativity and cosmology"; "Transfer of energy in general relativity" (with T. Morgan); "Gravitation"; "The cosmological scene 1945-1952"; "Waves on the surface of a compressible liquid"; "Radiation from an isolated system"; "An analysis of tooth-ripple phenomena in smooth laminated pole-shoes" (with K.C. Mukherji); "Neue Erkenntnisse über die Schwerkraft"; "General relativity as an open theory"; "Education: the next stage"; "Thoughts on the character of 'Big Science'" (key note address). Also includes book reviews by HB and articles by others, including R.A. Lyttleton.
2 files.

1945–1991

Astrophysics. Includes offprints of articles by HB on "On the structure of the solar corona and chromosphere'" (with Hoyle and Lyttleton); "Accretion and the origin of comets"; "Models for giant stars" (with CMB); "On the interpretation of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram"; "Thermonuclear reactions and astrophysics" (with E.E. Salpeter); "On the mechanism of accretion by stars" (with Fred Hoyle); "On spherically symmetrical accretion"; "The integration of the equations of stellar structure"; "Inferences concerning thermonuclear reactions drawn from the theory of internal constitution". Also includes offprints of articles on astrophysics by CMB.
1 file.

1944–1953

Science Policy I. Includes articles and policy reports by HB and others on the interchange of scientists and engineers between various sectors of employment; "Einstein, unintelligibility and relativity" (BBC radio broadcast); non-proliferation; "The making of a scientist"; "Europe's role in communication and international travel"; Voltaire Lectures to the British Humanist Society on "The crisis in science education", "High technology" and "Government and scientists"; "Physik und unsere Kultur" (1977); "Managing Europe"; "International collaboration in advanced technology". Also includes book review by HB.
2 files.

1972–1983

Science Policy II. Includes articles by HB on "Research and development for industry of the future"; "Scientists and politicians"; "Science adviser to government"; "Bridging the gulf" [on science and government]; "Policies of R and D"; "1984: the impact of science on society" (with Jonathan Bates). Also includes draft of "Science adviser to government"; French translation of "1984: the impact of science on society" entitled "1984: progrès scientifique et société" and list of articles.
1 file.

1974–1992

Science Policy III. Includes articles by HB on "Is science human?"; "The priorities for promoting science"; "Science and government" (the sixteenth J.D. Bernal Lecture); "Wissenschaftliche Grossprojekte und technologische Entwicklung" [Large scientific and technological development projects]; "Trends in science and technology and their possible effects on society"; "Technology and development". Also includes list of articles.
1 file.

1970–1985

Popular Science I. Includes articles and offprints by HB on "Risk and society: the changing pattern of risk"; "Statistics and risk"; "Risk in perspective" (1985); "Astronomy and the physical sciences"; "Neue Erkenntnisse über die Schwerkraft"; "Notes on kinematic waves"; "The theory of gravitation" (1975 Thomson Lecture); "New views of the ocean"; "What goes on inside the stars"; "Electronics and human beings"; "Black holes"; "The basis of modern cosmology". Also includes list of articles; galley proofs for HB's chapter in the BBC publication "Cosmology Now" and various drafts of articles.
2 files.

1959–1985

Popular Science II. Includes articles and offprints by HB on "Relativity theory and gravitation" (1986); "Developments in General Relativity"; "Foundations of General Relativity and cosmology"; "Negative mass in General Relativity"; "The quest for civilization" (transcript of Peter Jay interviews); "Gravitation from Galileo to Einstein"; "Gravitation: is it a force?"; "How dark is the universe?"; "Who needs the world's energy?"; "Gravitation" (1992); "Gravitational capture". Also includes papers by Prof. L.I. Schiff with comments and list of publications.
2 files.

1957–1992

Popular Science III. Includes articles and offprints by HB on "Jobs I have enjoyed"; "Relativity and interdeterminacy"; "European co-operation in space"; "The foundations of the theory of gravitation" (1999); "How clever are we?"; "Gravitational waves"; "On the physical characteristics of gravitational waves"; "Radiation from accelerated changes" (1981); "The field of a uniformly accelerated charge, with special reference to the problem of gravitational acceleration" (with T. Gold); "Energy has mass" (with C.B. Spurgin); "Relativity"; "Europe in space"; "ESRO and its programme" (with J. Ortner); "The space traveller's youth". Also includes transcript of "Profile" interview on BBC; copy and draft transcript of the Duke of Edinburgh lecture given by HB on "The special theory of relativity".
1 file.

1954–1999

General Science. Includes articles and offprints by HB: "On the dynamical theory of the rotation of the Earth" (with R.A. Lyttleton); "An analysis of tooth-ripple phenomena in smooth laminated pole-shoes" (with K.C. Mukherji); "On the generation of magnetism by fluid motion" (with T. Gold); "Waves on the surface of a compressible liquid"; "The growth of meteorological disturbances" (1947); "On the damping of the free nutation of the Earth"; "A model of discontinuous change in a three-component community"; "On the generation of waves on shallow water by wind". Also includes list of articles; correspondence on the nature and nurture debate.
1 file.

1942–1985

Astrophysics. Includes offprints of articles by HB on "Astronomy of the future" (1970); "On the formation of spiral arms of galaxies" (with R A Lyttleton); "The integration of the equations of planetary constitutions" (with L Marder); "Magneto-hydrostatics of stellar atmospheres".
1 file.

1960–1970

Astrophysics and Space. Includes offprints, articles and drafts by HB on "The fascination and use of space" (The 11th Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Lecture); "Gravitational waves"; "Radiation from an isolated system"; "The simplified mathematics of tidal power"; "On the physical characteristics of gravitational waves". Also includes "The space program in the post-Apollo period" sent to HB by T. Gold.
1 file.

1965–1982

Electromagnetism. Includes offprints of articles by HB on "The electric universe"; "The field of a uniformly accelerated charge, with special reference to the problem of gravitational acceleration" (with T Gold); "Radiation from accelerated charges"; "The European programme of application satellites"; "On the reception of electromagnetic waves"; "A comparison of charges on the electron, proton and neutron" (with R.A. Lyttleton); "On the physical consequences of a general excess of charge" (with R.A. Lyttleton). Also includes a list of the articles.
1 file.

1959–1961

Philosophy of Science. Includes offprints, articles and drafts by HB on "Logical foundations in physics"; "The lure of completeness"; "Why does science hide its human face?"; "Is science human?"; "Die Grenzen der physikalischen Forschung"; "Why mourn the passing of determinacy?"; "Cosmology and the philosophy of scientific progress"; "What is progress in science?" (Herbert Spencer Lecture); "Is physical cosmology a science?" (with G J Whitrow); "General relativity as an open theory"; "Why scientists talk"; "Assumption and myth in physical theory" (Tarner Lectures); "Fact and inference in theory and observation". Also includes correspondence on the articles.
1 file.

1955–1989

78A

"Slides for USA (from 'Assumption and Myth in Physical Theory')". Consists of a reel of slide negatives.

Energy. Includes copies and offprints of articles by HB on "The need for a diversity of energy sources"; "Who needs the world's energy?" (1982); "Energy in the world" (1984); "The future of offshore energy"; "Energy and security"; "Intelligent controls in energy"; "Energy research and development"; "Energy"; "Indirect utililzation of solar energy"; "The energy scene" (1982); "Global energy considerations". Also includes list of articles; related correspondence; transcript of HB's speech at round table talks on energy at the Italian Chamber of Commerce; typescripts of lectures on energy given at Australian Science School, Aug 1979; annotated proof of HB's Derek Ezra Lecture at the Institute of Marine Engineers; transcript of panel discussion including HB on "The strategy for offshore research".
2 files.

1974–1989

"Conversations in Natural Philosophy" typescript draft. Consists of typescript draft of an unpublished book of conversations between Bondi and Ronald Duncan (author and poet).
1 file.

"Conversations in Natural Philosophy" typescript draft with annotations by Bondi. Consists of an annotated typescript draft of an unpublished book of conversations between Bondi and Ronald Duncan (author and poet).
1 file.

20 Oct 1981

"Conversations in Natural Philosophy" correspondence. Consists of correspondence on an unpublished book of conversations between Bondi and Ronald Duncan (author and poet) from correspondents including publishers, Eric Glass Authors' and Artists' management and Ronald Duncan.
1 file.

1 Dec 1980–24 Nov 1983

"Magic Squares of Order Four". Consists of a typescript copy of "Magic Squares of Order Four" by Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw and Sir Hermann Bondi FRS with a letter from Ollerenshaw to Bondi.
1 file.

8 Dec 1981

"On 'most perfect' or 'complete' 8 x 8 pandiagonal magic squares". Consists of an offprint of "On 'most perfect' or 'complete' 8x 8 pandiagonal magic squares" by Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw, an earlier draft, and correspondence between Bondi and Ollerenshaw.
1 file.

10 Sep 1985–3 Jun 1988

"HB Genesis of Scientific Papers". Contains articles by Bondi including 'Gravitating Spheres with anisotropic pressure' (1991), 'Gravitational waves in general relativity XVI. Standing Waves' (2003), 'The gravitational red shift from static spherical bodies' [c.1999], 'An article for Physics Education, a non-believer looks at Physics', 'Gravitation' (1992) 'Working with Fred' [Hoyle] (2003), 'Massive spheres in general relativity' (1964); articles by others including 'The interactions between two classical spinning particles' by W B Bonnor (Jan 2001), 'A time varying speed of light as a solution to cosmological puzzles' by Albrecht and Magueijo (1999), 'The Roles of Sylvester and Bezoutian Matrices in the Historical Study of Stability of Linear Discrete-Time Systems' by Eliahu Jury (1998), 'On the causes of plate tectonics' by Fred Hoyle (1983), 'Measuring multipole moments of Weyl metrics by means of Gyroscopes' by Herrera and Hernandez Pastora (c.2000); and collaborative articles between Bondi and others including 'Magic Squares of Order Four' with Ollerenshaw, 'The field of uniformly accelerated charge, with special reference to the problem of gravitational acceleration' with Gold (1955). Also includes speech notes by Bondi and various correspondence on matters including the "tea bag problem".
2 files.

1955–2001

"HB Scientific writings". Consists of publications and reprints of published scientific articles by Bondi including 'Spherically symmetrical models in general relativity' (1947), 'Thermonuclear reactions and Astrophysics' with Salpeter (1952), 'Negative Mass in General Relativity' (1957), 'Gravitational Waves' (1961), 'The contraction of gravitating spheres' (1964), 'A new kind of physics? (a broadcast symposium) with Sciama, Kilmister and Hoyle (1964), 'Gravitational bounce in general relativity' (1969), 'The rigid body dynamics of unidirectional spin' (1986), 'A non-believer looks at physics' (1987), annotated copy of 'The mass of cylindrical systems in general relativity' (1989), 'Gravitation' (1992), 'UK Government research' (1993), 'Einstein illuminated' (1994), 'An Addendum to Birkhoff's Theorem' with Wolfgang Rindler (1997), 'The throw of a die' (1999), 'Gravitational waves in general relativity XV. The loss-free case' (2000). Also includes typescripts of 'The foundations of the theory of gravitation' (undated), 'The theory of gravitation' [1975 or 2005], 'Why gravitation is not so simple' (undated); reviews of Bondi's published writings; letters by Bondi published in magazines including one written with Professor Lyttleton (1992); lecture notes; and correspondence.
2 files.

1947–2000

"HB Scientific writings and associated correspondence". Consists of publications, reprints, drafts and typescripts of articles and talks by Bondi including 'The Theory of Gravitation' talk for Mumbai (2005), 'Angular Momentum in General Relativity' (c.1990s), 'Gravitation' (1992) [multiple versions], 'Gravitation before Einstein' (1994), 'The angular momentum of cylindrical systems in general relativity' (1994), 'Anisotropic spheres in general relativity' (1992) and an 'Addendum' to that paper (1993), 'Cosmology in the first half of the 20th century' (2001), 'Why is it dark at Night?' (1996), 'Stationary cylindrically symmetric fields' (1993), 'Popper and the natural sciences' (undated), 'The Lense-Thirring Effect and Mach's Principle' with Joseph Samuel [c.1990s], 'Einstein and the Red Shift' (1994), 'Energy in the World' [1984 or 1987], Keynote address 'Thoughts on the Character of 'Big Science' [undated], 'The Special Theory of Relativity' (1980), 'Massive spheres in general relativity' (1964), 'Investigating "near space"' with Dr A Dattner (1968), 'Spherically symmetrical models in general relativity' (1947), 'The gravitational redshift from static spherical bodies' (1998), 'A gravitational source of gravitational waves' [undated] ; associated correspondence on publications including 'Gravitational waves in general relativity XV the loos-free case' (2000), 'Gravitational waves in general relativity XVI standing waves' (2002); 'The nature of time' [by Bondi or Gold, undated]; some articles by others; and reviews of Bondi's publications including on 'The Universe Unfolding' (1998), on 'Assumption and Myth in Physical Theory' (1967-1968), on 'Cosmology' (1952).
3 files.

1947–2005

"Assorted papers, talks, drafts". Consists of reprints, typescripts and drafts of articles and lectures by Bondi including 'Public Understanding of Science' (contribution to 1 day conference, 1985), 'Hatfield Polytechnic Lecture (1985), 'The Integration of the Equations of Stellar Structure' with C M Bondi (1949), 'The rigid body dynamics of unidirectional spin' (1986), typescript beginning "Science and Government" ['Scientists and Politicians] (1989), 'The case for a nuclear defence policy' (1985), 'Physics looks to the environment' (1991), 'A non-believer looks at Physics' [1987], 'The Theory of Gravitation' [1975 or 2005], 'Radiation Pressure on Dust in General Relativity' (1972), 'Death' [1988], 'Conservation and Non-conservation in General Relativity' [1989], 'The Mass of Cylindrical Systems in General Relativity' [1989], 'The Chaotic Universe' (undated), 'Genesis of the Paper' [on 'Caustic property of plane waves' by Bondi and Pirani] (1990), 'Challenges for International Scientific Cooperation' (1988), 'The prehistory of Chaos' (1988), 'The availability of Information gained by Remote Sensing' (1989), 'The Origins of the Steady State Theory' (1990), annotated typescript of 'What I believe in' [1989], 'Hermann Bondi: The Cosmological Scene 1945-1952' lecture with questions (undated), 'Energy in the world' lecture (1984), 'Address to the Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies: Energy in the world' (1987). Also includes associated correspondence and a review of 'Let Newton Be' which included a chapter by Bondi (1989).
2 files.

1949–1991

"Articles and Journals". Consists of typescript of 'Death' by Bondi with associated correspondence (1988), a copy of an interview with Bondi called 'Hermann Bondi: Science, Religion and Star Wars' published in 'Science' (1986), 'Traffic jams' with C M Bondi published in 'Scope' (1989), and an annotated reprint of 'Birkhoff and von Neumann's Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics' by Karl Popper (1968).
1 file.

1968–1989

"Papers, drafts, articles". Consists of reprints, typescripts and drafts of articles and lectures by Bondi including 'The Mass of Cylindrical Systems in General Relativity' (1989), 'Conservation and Non-conservation in General Relativity' (1989), 'The simplified Mathematics of Tidal Power' (1982), 'Synopsis of talk for Forli meeting: The Significance of Scientific Research' (1982), 'Earth's Resources, How Science Can Increase Their Availability' lecture (1985), Joseph Wunsch lecture 'The nature of employment in the age of technology' given at Technion in Israel (1987), 'Curiosity of a scientist' book review on 'Disturbing the Universe' by Freeman Dyson (1979), 'Why gravitation is not so simple' (1997), 'The good, the bad, and the ugly' review of 'Truth and Beauty' by S Chandrasekhar (1987), 'Teaching the unteachable' letter sent to the times (1982), 'Science and the need for courage' talk given at Aberdeen Grammar School (1983), 'Science teaching: The False Prospectus' (1982 & 1983), 'The Oxbridge missionaries' letter in the Guardian (1985), 'The Applicability of Mathematics' (1985). Also includes correspondence.
1 file.

1979–1997

"Talks/Articles". Consists of reprints, typescripts and drafts of articles by Bondi with associated correspondence including two versions of 'The mass of cylindrical systems in general relativity' (1989), 3 versions of 'Conservation and non-conservation in general relativity' (1989), 'Physics probes the environment' (1990), correspondence on Radcliffe lecture series at the University of Warwick and the proposal to publish them (1987-1991), 'Traffic Jams' (1989), 'The Earth beckons' (1990), 'Wissenschaft als kritisches Kooperationsmodell' (c.1990), 'Schrodinger: Life and Thought by Walter Moore' book review (1990), 'QED by Richard P Feynman' book review (1990), 'Sciences' chapter in a book (title of book unstated, 1990), 'Communicating Science' article for 'Shell World' magazine (1990), 'The Universe' [1987], correspondence on 'Gravitational waves in General Relativity' (1989-1990), 'What I believe in' (1989), 'Ocean Sensing' (1988), 'Risk and Society conference' (1987). 'Energy in the World' talk at Chatham House (1987), 'Challenges for International Scientific Cooperation' (1988), correspondence on a Norwegian Research Council conference (1988), 'Difficulties of cylindrical systems' (1989), 'Note on a paper by Berman' (1989), 'The Cosmological Scene 1945-1952' (1988), 'The prehistory of Chaos' (1988), 'The Chaotic Universe' (undated), 'The future of goods traffic by railway' [1988]. Also includes correspondence on additional articles.
3 files.

1987–1991

"HB General articles". Consists of publications, reprints, drafts and typescripts of articles and lectures by Bondi with some associated correspondence including 'Science as an Adventure' (1996), review of 'Fred Hoyle: Home is where the Wind Blows' (undated), 'The philosopher for science' article on Karl Popper in 'Nature' (1992), 'Remote sensing by satellite' (1990), summary of talk given at Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies (1991), 'Catherine Richards' obituary (1993), 'Physics looks to the environment' (1990), a book review of 'Europe in Space 1960-1973' (1996), 'Scientists and Politicians' (1990), book review of 'Science and the Founding fathers' by I Bernard Cohen [1996-1997], 'Cosmology in the first half of the 20th Century' (undated), 'In defence of uncertainty' (1991), 'Education: the next stage' (1991), ISR (Interdisciplinary Science Reviews) Foreword (2001), 'M N Roy' [1987], 'Humanism' [c.1991], review of 'Chandra' by Kameshwan C Wah [c.1991], 'Recollections of T V Davies' [c.1991], 'Einstein and the red shift' (1994), foreword for a publication on Higher Education courses and career options for the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (undated), 'Arrogance of Certainty' letter to the editor (undated), 'Karl Popper (1902-1994)' obituary (1994), 'The future of the training of Engineer Officers for the Royal Navy' (1991), 'Science and Progress' (undated), 'Energy and the environment: the differing problems of the developed and developing regions' (1992-1993), lecture given by Bondi on global security (1993), lecture by Bondi on [Energy in the World], 'Physics probe the environment' (1990), 'Gravitating spheres with anisotropic pressure' (1991). 'Gravitation' (1991-1992), letter to the editor of the Times on Simon Jenkins article on the teaching of maths and science (1994), speech given at Achieving Quality in Higher Education conference (1990), 'Address to the Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies: Energy - The Global Situation' (1990). Also includes 'Tycho Brahe's Copernican Campaign' by Owen Gingerich and James Voekel (1998), newsletter reporting on a speech given by Bondi at launch of the Values Education Council (1996), correspondence with Sir Michael Atiya (president of the Royal Society) on a science inquiry (1991), interview with Bondi in 'Going Green' (1994), poster for the Radcliffe lecture series given by Bondi (1991), booklet for lecture series on Humanism by Bondi to be given at University of Dundee (1991), additional correspondence and 6 slides of diagrams and photographs.
3 files.

1990–2001

"General Writings". Consists of reprints, typescripts and drafts of articles and lectures by Bondi and associated correspondence including foreword to 'Humanism' by Jeaneane Favler (1999), obituary of John Kendrew (undated), 'Some thoughts on education' (undated), 'The Education of the Public in Science' (undated), 'Science and Religion' (1997), 'Cosmological wars' a book review of 'Cosmology and Controversy' by Helge Kragh (1996), 'How the Bomb's creator learned to love the United States' a book review of 'The Neutron and the Bomb: A Biography of James Chadwick' by Andrew Brown [1997], book review of 'From Eros to Gaia' by Freeman Dyson (1993), annotated typescript of 'In defence of Uncertainty' [1991], 'Technology Foresight' (undated), typescript of a lecture given by Bondi (undated), book review of 'The Unnatural Nature of Science' by Lewis Wolpert (undated), typescript of talk from Right to Die Conference (1994), review of 'Science and the Founding Fathers' by I Bernard Cohen (1995), photocopy of 'The Philosopher for science' on Karl Popper (1992), obituary of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1995), 'How clever are we?' book review of 'Eddington's search for a fundamental theory' by Clive Kilmister (1995). Also includes correspondence on matters including the non-renewal of Professor C V Vishveshwara's contract at the Raman Research Institute and Ernest Walton not being a Royal Society Fellow even though he was a Nobel Laureate, book reviews by other authors, guest list for 27th annual ISPF [International Studies Public Forum] lecture (1991), menu for Navy Board Trafalgar Night dinner (1993), brochure from 'Engineering change' Royal Naval Engineer Officers Conference (1992), guest list (including Sir and Lady Bondi) for a dinner at Winfield House, guest list for Banquet du Centemaire Albert Einstein (1979), order of service for funeral of Solly Baron Zuckerman (1993), and interviews with Bondi including 'Man does not live by bread alone' (1996) and 'the catalyst and scientific temper' (1996).
1 file.

1979–1997

Autobiography. Consists of an unbound copy of 'Science, Churchill and Me' by Bondi with associated correspondence, including some from Lord Peter Carrington on writing a foreword, and working papers.
1 file.

July 1986-July 1990

Index cards for locations of Bondi's publications.
2 files.

1957–1981