Oral history interview with Audouin Dollfus, 1986 September 2 and 14 January 1987.

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Oral history interview with Audouin Dollfus, 1986 September 2 and 14 January 1987.

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Recollections of parents, early schooling, German occupation of Paris, early 1940s. Involvement with the Pic-du-Midi Observatory (Bernard Lyot), impressions of French and German astronomy, late 1940s to 1950s; polarimetric and polarization studies of sun and planets at Meudon Observatory. Communications and interactions with astronomers active in solar system research (G.P. Kuiper); extensive picture of efforts by Dollfus to study sun and planets through manned balloons (August Piccard, John Strong), 1950s and 1960s; attempts to measure water vapor in atmosphere of Mars. Develops planetary data center at Meudon Observatory, early 1960s; competition for telescope time at Meudon and Pic-du-Midi observatories; involvement in U.S. (Mariner 10) and Soviet (Mars-5) planetary missions; compares American, Soviet administration of science. Also prominently mentioned are: Charles Boyer, G. De Mottoni, John Strong, Otto Winzen, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, International Astronomical Union and NASA.

Session one preliminary transcript, session two transcript, 55 p.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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