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Oral history interview with Geoffrey R. Burbidge, 1974 November 15.

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Oral history interview with Geoffrey R. Burbidge, 1974 November 15.

Author:	Geoffrey R Burbidge; Paul Wright
Edition/Format:	Archival material : English
Summary:	Early life in the Cotswolds, England; Bristol University, 1943, and physics program during WWII; teachers include Nevill Mott and Edward Tyndall; effect of WWII; work with Harrie Massey on meson capture; University College, London; meets wife and growing contacts in astronomy, late 1940s; thesis, 1952; work in stellar atmosphere; visit to U.S. at Howard and Terkes, 1951-1953; Cavendish group under Martin Ryle, house Read more...
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Genre/Form:	Oral history Interview Transcript
Named Person:	Walter Baade; S Chandrasekhar; P A M Dirac; Enrico Fermi; William A Fowler; J E Gunn; Fred Hoyle, Sir.; N F Mott, Sir.; Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey, Sir.; E P T Tyndall
Document Type:	Archival Material
All Authors / Contributors:	Geoffrey R Burbidge; Paul Wright Find more information about:
OCLC Number:	79294563
Notes:	Interview conducted by Paul Wright, 15 November 1974. Interview conducted as part of the Sources for History of Modern Astrophysics (SHMA) project.
Description:	1 session. Transcript: 30 p.

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