Mark Oliphant interviewed by David Ellyard [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2016047
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Oliphant, Mark, Sir, 1901-2000, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1980 Mar. 7
- 3 sound cassettes (ca. 203 min.) : analog, mono.
- Summary:
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Tape 1: Sir Mark Oliphant, Australian nuclear physicist and politician, talks about his work on a contract to develop shortwave radio waves and his competition; he describes the development in detail; his work on radar; his arrival in Australia from England during the war. Tape 2: His experiments with uranium; his time in Cambridge; his experiences in England; early days in radio and his return to Australia; his work with Rutherford; daily life; his colleagues. Tape 3: His work in England.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Mar. 7, 1980.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia ;
- Researched as part of: Oliphant, the life and times of Sir Mark Oliphant / bt Stewart Cockburn and David Ellyard. Adelaide, Axiom Books, 1981.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available (typescript, 54 leaves)
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- Copyright:
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- Until 2050 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1980
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