Interview with Jean-Louis Steinberg
Description
Jean-Louis Steinberg, 1922-2016. Interviewed 8 July 1976 at Meudon, length of interview: 120 minutes.
Creator
Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III
Rights
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Sullivan, Woodruff T., III
Interviewee
Steinberg, Jean-Louis
Location
Original Format of Digital Item
Audio cassette tape
Duration
120 minutes
Interview Date
1976-07-08
Interview Topics
Much detail on 1946-50 French solar work under Rocard at École Normale Superieure; equipment development, growth of radio astronomy group; solar monitoring and eclipse observations and expeditions; birth and growth of Nançay station; solar grating-array interferometers; relationship to other groups; move to Meudon; theory of solar bursts and quiet emissions; lots of philosophy.
Series
Working Files Series
Unit
Individuals Unit
Citation
Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III, “Interview with Jean-Louis Steinberg,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/15220.