The reminiscences of Norman F. Ramsey
Series: Columbia University oral history collection -- pt. 4, no. 167
Published: 1962
Language: eng
Format: microform
Number of pages: 361
Subjects: History; Physicists; Interviews; Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Other titles: Ramsey, Norman F.
Description: Physicist. Topics include: education, Columbia; Depression; Cambridge University, England; research with I.I. Rabi, Enrico Fermi; National Defense Research Committee radiation laboratory; Massuchusetts Institute of Technology; England, 1941; security problems; radar; Manhattan Project, 1943; Los Alamos; discussions on use of bomb and possible targets; Trinity test; Tinian; estimates of damage, Hiroshima; Brookhaven; Harvard; Congressional investigations; Harold Velde and Joseph McCarthy hearings; area rule; appearance on "Meet the Press," subsequent meeting with Senator McCarthy; contempt citations; Kamen trial; Robert Oppenheimer case; Gray Board; science adviser, North Atlantic Treaty Organization; impressions of General Leslie Groves, Admiral Lewis L. Strauss, Edward Teller.
Notes: New York Times Oral History Program.

Includes index.