Oral history interview with Dr. H. van de Hulst 1978.

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Oral history interview with Dr. H. van de Hulst 1978.

Brief interview concentrating on early life in Utrecht; training at the University of Utrecht and physics from Orenstein; Minnaert's influence and conditions during World War II; Leiden University and prize essay leading to study of growth of interstellar grains; transition to work on interstellar hydrogen.

Transcript: 13 pp.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8220063

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