Response to History of Modern Astrophysics Survey, 1980.

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Response to History of Modern Astrophysics Survey, 1980.

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Brief, typed response to the questionnaire; three pages of biographical statistics; and a copy of an autobiographical talk given before the Grand Rapids, MI, Rotary Club, entitled A Scientist's View of Creation. Recipients were asked to discuss their decision to enter astronomy; their work during the Second World War; their professional work outside astronomy; the fields in which they have been most active, the advances in both those fields and others, and their own accomplishments and satisfactions; sources of funding; their perceptions of public attitudes; the influence of religion or philosophy on their work as astronomers; and their opinions on questions relating to the Big Bang Theory, cosmology, up-coming important developments, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

23 pp.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Baldwin, Ralph Belknap, 1912-

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Astrophysics. Senior physicist, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 1942-1946; astronomy consultant, Boeing Company, Chance-Vought Corp., Rand Corp., Grumman, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center (NASA), U. S. Air Force moon-mapping project; product manager through chairman of the board, Oliver Machinery Company, 1947-1984. From the description of Correspondence relating to Baldwin's nomination for the 1997 Crafoord Prize in astronomy, awarded by The Royal Swed...