Interview with Fred L. Whipple
Description
Fred L. Whipple, 1906-2004. Interviewed 13 August 1979 at Harvard, length of interview: 35 minutes.
Creator
Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III
Rights
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Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Sullivan, Woodruff T., III
Interviewee
Whipple, Fred L.
Location
Original Format of Digital Item
Audio cassette tape
Duration
35 minutes
Interview Topics
Work with Greenstein on 1937 paper; radar work during war; meteor radar observations in Illinois ~1956-62 and usefulness of work versus optical.
Start Date
1979-08-13
Series
Working Files Series
Unit
Individuals Unit
Citation
Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III, “Interview with Fred L. Whipple,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed April 23, 2024, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/15293.