Oral history interview with Carl Anderson, 1966 June 30.

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Oral history interview with Carl Anderson, 1966 June 30.

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Work during the 1930s with particles of high energy involved in nuclear reactions; discovery of the positive electron; pair production work with gamma rays, his expedition to Pike's Peak with Seth H. Neddermeyer; Nobel Prize in 1936. Absence of cosmic ray work at Caltech during the war years; final development of cosmic ray work at Caltech with Robert Millikan into high energy physics; relations with University of California at Berkeley. Also prominently mentioned are: Patrick M. S. Blackett, Paul A. M. Dirac, FreĢderic Joliot, Robert A. Millikan, and Hideki Yukawa.

Sound recordings: 2 5-inch sound reels (ca. 2.0 hrs.), 1 session.Transcript: 33 p.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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