Oral history with Fritz Zwicky, 1972 April 27.

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Oral history with Fritz Zwicky, 1972 April 27.

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Zwicky discusses his work as an astronomer and physicist. Describes his relationships and the people at California Institute of Technology with only periphal mention of JPL. Discusses people and the early history of Aerojet Engineering Corporation, as Zwicky calls it, "The optimal university."

Transcript: 59 pp.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)

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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a research and development center and NASA field center in Pasadena, California. The JPL is owned by NASA and managed by the nearby California Institute of Technology. The laboratory's primary function is the construction and operation of planetary robotic spacecraft, though it also conducts Earth-orbit and astronomy missions. It is also responsible for operating NASA's Deep Space Network. Among the laboratory's major active projects are the Mars Scien...

Zwicky, F. (Fritz), 1898-1974

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Internationally reknowned astronomer and physicist at CalTech; then director of research, Aerojet Engineering Corporation. From the description of Report on certain phases of war research in Germany, 1947 Jan. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122448303 Astrophysicist (supernovas, galaxies, and intergalactic matter, patents for jet propulsion). Ph.D. 1922 from Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland. Assistant and Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics, 1927-19...