Oral history interview with Hendrik Christoffell van de Hulst, 1978 July 20.

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Oral history interview with Hendrik Christoffell van de Hulst, 1978 July 20.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84429754

Brief interview concentrating on early life in Utrecht; training at the University of Utrecht and physics from Jesse Orenstein; Marcel Minnaert's influence and conditions during World War II; Leiden University and Prize Essay leads to study of growth of interstellar grains; transition to work on interstellar hydrogen. Also prominently mentioned are: Ejnar Hertzsprung, and Jan Hendrik Oort.

Transcript, 7 p.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8319937

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Hulst, H. C. van de (Hendrik Christoffel), 1918-

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