This collection is located on-site.
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.".
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This collection is located on-site.
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Papers: Source of acquisition--Vera K. Novak. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1971.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Papers Accessioned 1971.
Papers Processed 05/--/80.
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.