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Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III: Tapes Series

Interviewee: Dennis W. Sciama

Dennis W. Sciama, 1926-1999. Interviewed 12 January 1978 at the University of Washington, length of interview: 35 minutes

Sullivan's brief summary of topics: Philosophy of steady-state theory; his defense of it and gradual retreat in early 1960s; cosmologists' view of the 2C-Mills and Hoyle-Ryle scraps; importance of quasars and radio source identifications.

Sullivan's files include: archival material, transcription of Sullivan's interview, selected pages from transcription of 1978 Weart interview.

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