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Oral History interview with Martin Harwit, 1983 April 19, June 20, and June 22.

by Harwit, Martin, 1931-

Transcript: 135 pages.

Use and Reproduction :

Oral History Interview may be read by any researcher with an approved access application on file, but copies and quotes may not be made , except with the written permission of the Institute.

Owning Repository:

American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

http://www.aip.org/history/ohilist/28169_1.html (Transcript)

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Location of Original/Copy:

The audio tapes and original transcript are the property of the interviewee, and are indefinitely deposited at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Available at Sources for History of Modern Astrophysics libraries of deposit.

Biography/History:

Astrophysicist. Affiliations include: PhD., Physics, MIT, 1960; professor of astronomy at Cornell University; Naval Research Laboratory; Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum. Research interests include: observational astronomy, theoretical astrophysics, infrared astronomy, galaxy formation, and the history of astronomy and astrophysics.

Scope of Material:

After surveying Martin Harwit's family background and early education, the interview concentrates on: his graduate education at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; his career in physics at Cambridge Unviersity as a NATO Fellow; his time at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) as a National Science Foundation Fellow; and, principally, his work at Cornell as assistant and associate professor of astronomoy, professor, and chairman of the Physics department. While discussing his childhood and education, Harwit addresses the antisemitism he and his family faced in German and in the United States. This interview covers a broad range of his scientific interest: galaxy and star formations; comets; infrared optics, especially relating to detector technology; infrared astronomy; rocketry; history of philosophy in science; use of balloons in observation; and astronomy education. Some affliliations discussed include: John Decker, Herbert Friedman, Thomas Gold, and Fred Hoyle.

Interview conducted by Dr. David DeVorkin on April 19, June 20, and June 22, 1983.

Interview conducted as part of the Sources for History of Modern Astrophysics (SHMA) project.

Microfilmed, in part for the Sources for History of Modern Astrophysics project. Copies available at the American Institute of Physics and SHMA libraries of deposit.

A running table of contents is availble with the transcript. NOTE: Pagination for the transcript begins with page 25. Pages 1 through 24 refer to a previous joint interview with Martin Harwit and Henry Kondracki (not considered as another session of this interview).

DeVorkin, David H., 1944- interviewer.

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