Oral history interview with Taro Takahashi, 1997.

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Oral history interview with Taro Takahashi, 1997.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83898274

Discusses his childhood and upbringing in Japan, coming to the United States; his work in studying the carbon dioxide in the ocean and the atmosphere; a comparison of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Lamont-Doherty; the research vessel Vema; the relationship between the scientists at Lamont and Columbia University; and other topics. Prominently mentioned are: Walter Bucher, Maurice Ewing, J. Lawrence Kulp, and Manik Talwani.

Transcript (2 sessions), 122 p.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Bucher, Walter H. (Walter Herman), 1888-

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Geological consultant and Professor of Geology at Columbia University, 1940-1953. From the description of Walter H. Bucher papers, [ca. 1915]-1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 472459344 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Geological consultant and Professor of Geology at Columbia University, 1940-1953. From the guide to the Walter H. Bucher Papers, [ca. 1915]-1963., (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) ...

Talwani, Manik

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Takahashi, Tarò„, 1927-2006

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Taro Takahashi (1930- ). Geophysicist, geochemist. Research scientist, and professor of geology, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia University from 1957. From the description of Oral history interview with Taro Takahashi, 1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83898274 ...

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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Kulp, J. Laurence (John Laurence), 1921-

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Geochemist. Professor, Columbia University, 1947-1965; President, Teledyne Isotopes from 1965. From the description of Oral history interview with J. Laurence Kulp, 1996. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83308756 ...

Doel, Ronald Edmund

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