Oral History interview with Jules Aarons, 1983.

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Oral History interview with Jules Aarons, 1983.

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This interview addresses Aarons' experiences working in various United States Air Force research facilities, including the Cambridge Research Center (formerly Cambridge Field Station). In this discussion, Aarons contrasts the research and administrative styles of the Air Force to the styles of the Navy. Other topics include: V-2 rockets, radio wave propagation, space optics (solar and lunar observations and photographs). Contacts and affiliations discussed include: the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Sacramento Peak Observatory, Donald Menzel, Marcus O'Day, John Castelli.

Transcript: 13 pages.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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