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 December 22, 2024, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/15293.