Oral history interview with Seymour Benzer, 1983 March 21.

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Oral history interview with Seymour Benzer, 1983 March 21.

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Mainly a discussion of Benzer's years at Purdue University during World War II and his transition from physics to biology. Major topics include his educational background; his work during the war on high back voltage diodes; his relationship with Karl Lark-Horovitz; his decision to work in biology and his first few years as a biologist.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Henriksen, Paul B.

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Lark-Horovitz, Karl

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Center for History of Physics (American Institute of Physics)

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This oral history project was undertaken by the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics, beginning in about 1976. The American Philosophical Society Library is a designated repository for the archive, which includes photocopies of typed manuscripts of the interviews, and microfilm and microfiche of certain manuscript collections of astrophysicists. These include the papers of Robert D'E Atkinson, Seth Chandler, Theodore Dunham [The American Philosophical Society has re...

Benzer, Seymour

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