Zwicky, F. (Fritz), 1898-1974 interviewee.
Oral history interview with Fritz Zwicky, 1971 May 17.
In this 4.4-hour interview, Zwicky discusses his family, work at Caltech, work as an Aerojet consultant, and as an astronomer. He describes origins of California Institute of Technology's Schmidt telescope, 1946 artificial meteor tests using the V-2 at White Sands Proving Grounds, CIT presidents, and the non-acceptance of his ideas concerning stellar astronomy and physics.
Astrophysicist (supernovas, galaxies, and intergalactic matter, patents for jet propulsion). Ph.D., 1922, from Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland. Assistant and Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics, 1927-1942; Professor of Astrophysics, 1942-1968 at California Institute of Technology. Scientific Director of Aerojet Engineering Corporation, 1943-1949. Astronomer of the Mt. Palomar Observatory.
Zwicky, F. (Fritz), 1898- -- Family.
California Institute of Technology -- Faculty.
California Institute of Technology -- Officials and employees.
Astronomical instruments.
Astronomy.
Astrophysics -- Research.
Aeronautics -- Expertising.
Aeronautics in astronomy.
College presidents.
Meteorites -- Experiments.
Meteorites -- Research.
Military research -- United States.
Rockets (Aeronautics) -- Launching.
Space astronomy -- Research.
Space sciences -- Research.
Telescopes.
Interviews. aat
Oral histories. aat aat
White Sands Proving Ground (N.M.)
Whipple, Fred L. (Fred Lawrence), 1906-2004
Palomar Observatory.
Project Hermes.
Hall, R. Cargill, interviewer.
AIP-ICOS
Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archives. JPL Archive, MS 111-113, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, USA