Oral history interview with C. Stuart Bowyer, 1976 July 28 and 10 March 1978.

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Oral history interview with C. Stuart Bowyer, 1976 July 28 and 10 March 1978.

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Research in non-solar x-ray astronomy at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, DC; his functions as member of a group directed by Herbert Friedman, performing numerous observations of cosmic x-ray sources in 1963 and after; Bowyer relates the competitive spirit that existed between the NRL group and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology-American Science and Engineering, group that made the first conclusive observation of x-rays originating from outside the solar system. Also prominently mentioned are: Edward T. Byram, Herbert Friedman, Riccardo Giacconi; American Science and Engineering Inc., Conference on Relativistic Astrophysics, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), and Texas Relativistic Astrophysics Conference.

Sound recordings: 2 sound cassettes (ca. 2.25 hrs.), 2 sessions.Transcript: Session one, 17 p.; session two, preliminary transcript.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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