Oral history interview with Steven L. van Agt, 1977 November 3.

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Oral history interview with Steven L. van Agt, 1977 November 3.

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A short interview centering on training at University of Leiden; recollections of teachers: Jan Oort, Hendrik van de Hulst, Oosterhoff; work on variable stars; growth of Dutch radio astronomy; University of Nijmegen; present state of astronomy in Holland. Also prominently mentioned are: Ejnar Hertzsprung; Bulletin of Astronomical Institutes of Netherlands, Leiden Southern Station, Nijmegen University, and Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht.

Sound recording: 2 sound cassettes (ca. 1.25 hr.)Transcript: 24 p.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Van Agt, S. L. Th. J.

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Born in 1931. From the description of Oral history interview with Steven L. van Agt, 1977 November 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80620591 ...

Oort, Jan Hendrik

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Astronomer (galactic structure, interstellar gas, comets). (1900-1992). Astronomer at and, from 1945, Director of the Leiden Observatory; on the faculty of University of Leiden from 192; established observational verification of galactic rotation; one of the authors of the Oort-Lindbald theory of differential galactic rotation; initiator, with Baade, of the European Southern Observatory; general secretary of the International Astronomical Union from 1935-1948, and president from 1958-1961. ...

DeVorkin, David H., 1944-....

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Hertzsprung, Ejnar, 1873-1967

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Astronomer (stellar spectra and distances). On the astronomy faculty at Universität Göttingen (1909-1919); and Rijksuniversiteit te leiden 91920-1944); on the staff of the observatory at Leiden (1914-1944), director, (1935-1944). From the description of Correspondence, 1903-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78544160 Astronomer (steller spectra and distances). On the astronomy faculty at Universität Göttingen, 1909-1919; and Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, 1920-1944; on t...