Solar physics
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Mankin, William, 2004-08-11
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Identifier: Item 25
Scope and Contents
Oral History Interview with William Mankin, 2004. Interviewed by Diane Rabson and Patrice Pazar. 1 sound cassette (ca. 1 hr.): analog, mono. UCAR/NCAR 100; two physical versions (one master, one copy). Transcript (9 pgs.). Forms part of the UCAR/NCAR Oral History Collection. William Mankin begins by speaking about the origin of his “Physics of a Cup of Coffee” seminar and his relationship with Jack Herring of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, New York. After graduating...
Dates:
2004-08-11
Roberts, Walter Orr, 1966
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Identifier: Item 38
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Walter Orr Roberts, 1966. One sound cassette (ca. 1 hr.) : analog, mono. Two physical versions (one master, one copy). Transcript (24 pgs.). Forms part of the UCAR/NCAR Oral History Collection. In this interview Walter Orr Roberts discusses the war time (World War II) and working in isolation at the observatory in the mining community of Climax, Colorado. He talks about observing the Sun’s corona, using the chronograph and doing special cosmic ray work with gold....
Dates:
1966