Oral history interview with John Trevor Jefferies, 1977 July 29.

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Oral history interview with John Trevor Jefferies, 1977 July 29.

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Upbringing, background and education in Western Australia, 1925-1942; scholarship; decision to become a physicist, undergraduate studies at the University of Western Australia, Perth, 1942-1946; University of Cambridge, 1947-1949; and CSIRO, Sidney, 1949-1956; work with Giovanelli on radiation transfer and spectra. Moves to U.S.; Harvard University; National Bureau of Standards (loyalty oath problem); founding of Joint Institute for Laboratory Astronomy, Boulder, Colorado. Scientific work and Non-LTE (Local Thermo-dynamic Equilibrium), R. V. Thomas; work on calcium lines; book on spectral line formation; use of techniques for terrestrial plasmas. Buildup of department at University of Hawaii and 88-inch telescope (R. Dunn); start of solar physics program. Other telescopes and scientific programs such as Canada-France-Hawaii's 3.6-meter telescope; infrared & extragalactic telescopes and programs (NASA and United Kingdom); Defense Department/Project Themis Support for magnetic star work; committee work.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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