Interview with James A. Roberts
Description
James A. Roberts, 1927- . Interviewed 28 February 1978 at CSIRO/Radiophysics, Sydney, length of interview: 80 minutes.
Creator
Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III
Rights
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Relation
See Sullivan's 1981 photo of Roberts.
Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Sullivan, Woodruff T., III
Interviewee
Roberts, James A.
Location
Original Format of Digital Item
Audio cassette tape
Duration
80 minutes
Interview Date
1978-02-28
Interview Topics
1950-52 as student of Hoyle's at Cambridge; comments on Radiophysics groups and styles; "aerial smoothing" theory with Bracewell; solar bursts observations and interpretations with Dapto spectrograph; theory of synchrotron radiation; Jupiter and radio source work at Owens Valley 1958-61.
Series
Working Files Series
Unit
Individuals Unit
Citation
Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III, “Interview with James A. Roberts,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed July 10, 2025, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/15146.