Code, Arthur D.
Oral history interview with Arthur Dodd Code, 1982 September 30 and October 1.
Discusses his career in astronomy and astrophysics through his student days at the University of Chicago (PhD, 1950, astronomy and astrophysics); and his teaching and administrative positions at the University of Virginia (1950), the University of Wisconsin and Washburn Observatory (1951-56; 1959- ), and briefly with the California Institute of Technology at Palomar and Mt. Wilson Observatories (1956-58). The interview centers on his work in space astronomy, with emphasis on his use of an X-15 airplane for UV stellar spectroscopy, and his role in the development of the OAO series and Copernicus. Also discussed is his work with instrumentation, especially photoelectric photometry, and his theoretical interest in cosmology.
Astronomer and astrophysicist. Born in 1923.
Code, Arthur D.
Palomar Observatory.
University of Chicago -- Graduate students.
University of Virginia -- Faculty.
University of Wisconsin -- Faculty.
Washburn Observatory.
Astronomy.
Astrophysics
Orbiting astronomical observatories.
Photoelectric photometry.
Space astronomy.
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DeVorkin, David H., 1944- interviewer.
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American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA