Cowen, Robert C., 2001-05-29

Oral history interview with Robert Cowen, 1991. Interviewed by Gene Bierly. 1 sound cassette (ca. 1 hrs.) : analog, mono + transcript (29 pgs.). AMS 101; one physical version (one master). Forms part of American Meteorological Society Oral History Project. Topics include: His childhood and parents; early education and college; interest in meteorology; working as the Christian Science Monitor; satellites and the impact of Sputnik; lessons learned from other scientists; book about oceanography; space and working with the Russians; the Pugwash movement; writing the Technology Review; long term career as a science writer; life in Europe; atomic power; GATE; interviewing people; traveling with his wife; the changing role of atmospheric science; retirement; and the American Geophysical Union (AGU).