Oral history interview with Sir Bernard Lovell, 1971 July 6.

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Oral history interview with Sir Bernard Lovell, 1971 July 6.

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Formation of Jodrell Bank Observatory, Patrick M. S. Blackett's support of cosmic ray program; staff members; early strategy at Jodrell Bank, radar meteor work; flare stars; importance of "accidental discoveries;" Hey-Appleton-Ryle; the Cambridge group, past and present; major achievements in radio astronomy; important contributions of Jodrell Bank; Cambridge's major contributions.

1 sessionTranscript: 45 p.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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