Oral history interview with Robert Furman, 2002 March 7.

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Oral history interview with Robert Furman, 2002 March 7.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82863400

Interview concentrates on Furman's efforts during World War II. Furman worked directly under General Leslie Groves to obtain intelligence about a possible German atomic bomb project. The activities included joining physicist Samuel Goudsmit in the ALSOS project in Europe after D-Day. The interview was conducted as part of the interviewer's project to gather information about Danish physicist Niels Bohr's World War II activities.

Sound recording: 1 audio cassette.Transcript: 11 pp.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Civil engineer. Worked under Gen. Leslie Groves during the Manhattan Project. From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Furman, 2002 March 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82863400 ...