Oral History interview with Harold J. Morowitz, 2005 March 16.

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Oral History interview with Harold J. Morowitz, 2005 March 16.

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This interview chronicles Morowitz's scientific career in detail, beginning with his education in physics, his transition from physics to biophysics, to his ongoing attempt to apply thermodynamics and information theory to various biological problems. His description of his transition from physics to biophysics gives a valuable insight of how and why physicists after WWII came to be interested in applying concepts and instruments from physics to biological problems. He illustrates the reciprocal interaction between scientific projects that were pursued in Yale's biophysics program (e.g., target theory, the effects of radiation on biological organisms) and the Atomic Energy Commission's promotion of the peaceful use of the atomic energy (e.g., nuclear fallout debate). He also provides perspective on the conceptual and methodological traffic between information theory and biology by describing his scientific research, especially his corroboration with Henry Quastler.

Transcript: summary only.Audio tapes: 3 compact discs.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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