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Field, George B., 1929-. Oral history interview with George Brooks Field, 1980 July 14 and 15.

Title: Oral history interview with George Brooks Field, 1980 July 14 and 15.

Career of George B. Field, theoretical astrophysicist and administrator of astronomical research at the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO). Discussions of education at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton and Harvard Universities, interest in cosmological problems; possible detection of hot intergalactic matter in 1964; colleagues at University of California at Berkeley; views on popularizing science; reactions to Sputnik launch in 1957; funding of research from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); views on the manned space program; effects of Vietnam War on NASA and astronomical research; involvement with the Space Telescope; views of the Space Shuttle; extensive committee work for NASA; astronomical research under NASA; work at SAO; new programs at SAO, such as x-ray astronomy and the Multiple Mirror Telescope; service on the Jesse Greenstein and Allan Bromley survey committees of astronomy and physics; and his view of the universe. Also prominently mentioned are: Kinsey Anderson, Stuart C. Bowyer, Jim Bradley, Tony Calio, Riccardo Giacconi, Thomas Gold, Leo Goldberg, John Hagen, Noel Hinners, Fred Hoyle, Frank Martin, John Earl Naugle, Al Opp, Edward Mills Purcell, Martin Schwarzschild, Dennis William Sciama, Henry Smith, Sylvia Favior Smith, Lyman Spitzer, George Steiner, Frank Sulloway, Pat Thaddeus, James Van Allen, Fred Whipple; American Science and Engineering, Inc., Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Congregational Church, Harvard College Observatory, Harvard University Society of Junior Fellows, High Energy Astronomy Observatory, Lick Observatory, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) Astronomy Survey Committee, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) Greenstein Committee, National Science Foundation (U.S.), New York Times, Orbiting Astronomical Observatory, Princeton University Matterhorn Project, Project Apollo, Skylab, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Multiple Mirror Telescope, Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum, Space Shuttle, United States Naval Ordnance Laboratory, United States Office of Management and Budget, United States Office of Naval Research, University of California at Berkeley, and Viking (Rocket).

ArchivalResource: Transcript, 80 pp.

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Herbert Friedman Papers, 1940-2000

Title: Herbert Friedman Papers 1940-2000

ArchivalResource: 31.0 Linear feet

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History of Modern Astrophysics Collection, 1849-1979

Title: History of Modern Astrophysics Collection 1849-1979

During the mid- to late-1970s, the American Institute of Physics sponsored a project to conduct oral history interviews documenting the recent history of astrophysics, eventually accumulating over 400 hours of fully transcribed and edited audio tapes. The project organizers placed a particular emphasis on documenting the various subdisciplines of cosmology and astronomical spectroscopy. The History of Modern Astrophysics Collection is an important resource for the history of astrophysics in the latter half of the twentieth century. The collection is arranged in two series, the first consisting of transcripts of 52 interviews of 46 astrophysicists recorded between 1976 and 1979 by members of the Center for the History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics. The second series consists of 65 reels of microfilm of significant sets of correspondence for individual astrophysicists. The original oral history tape recordings are housed at AIP.

ArchivalResource: 2.0 Linear feet; 2 linear feet; 67 reels of microfilm

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Rau, A. R. P. (A. Ravi P.). Notes for NASA Astrophysics Workshop (Aspen, Colorado), 12-30 June, 1978.

Title: Notes for NASA Astrophysics Workshop (Aspen, Colorado), 12-30 June, 1978.

Notes from an early meeting for the design and planning of four NASA astronomical missions. This three-week Aspen Summer Institute included most of the major figures involved. Speakers include: P. Strittmatter, H. Friedman, E. Schreier, C. Canizares, L. Spitzer, J. Gunn, Frazer-Owen, K. Kellerman, B. Turner, M. Weiner, J. Nelson, S. Faber, S. Bowyer, and J. Grindlay. Topics include x-ray, optical, and radio telescopes; pulsars; satellites.

ArchivalResource: 18 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81639626 View