Response to 1981 History of Nuclear Physics Survey, 1982.

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Response to 1981 History of Nuclear Physics Survey, 1982.

Three-page, typed response to questionnaire discussing Yergin's early interest in science; education at City College, New York, Union College, and Columbia University under Willis Lamb; postdoctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania with Julius Halpern; his move to Rensselear Polytechnic Institute; and his work in photonuclear spectra. Recipients were asked to discuss their entry into a scientific career in general and nuclear physics in particular, their work during the Second World War, their scientific achievements, the funding of their projects, the roles of related sciences--especially high energy physics--in their research, their work as educators, their perceptions of the public's attitude towards science, and their involvement in physics-related organizations.

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