Response to History of Modern Astrophysics Survey, 1980.

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Response to History of Modern Astrophysics Survey, 1980.

Questionnaire with handwritten responses. Recipients were asked to discuss their decision to enter astronomy; their work during the Second World War; their professional work outside astronomy; the fields in which they have been most active, the advances in both those fields and others, and their own accomplishments and satisfactions; sources of funding; their perceptions of public attitudes; the influence of religion or philosophy on their work as astronomers; and their opinions on questions relating to the Big Bang Theory, cosmology, up-coming important developments, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

10 pp.

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O'Keefe, John Aloysius, 1916-....

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John A. O'Keefe (1916-2001). Planetary physicist. BA, astronomy, Harvard (1937); PhD, astronomy, University of Chicago (1941). Head of Research and Analysis branch, United States Army Corps of Engineers; assistant chief, Theoretical Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (1958-). From the description of John A. O'Keefe collection, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154305889 ...