Walton, Alan J.
Oral history interview with Alan J. Walton, 2014 May 21.
In this interview, Alan Walton discusses topics such as: childhood and family background; his father E. T. S. Walton; bubbles in liquids; Francis Crick; Brian Pippard as his PhD advisor at Cambridge University; Trinity College, London; his Ph.D. in superconductivity; his father's relationships with Ernest Rutherford, Paul Dirac, and John Cockcroft; his father winning the Nobel Prize in 1951; Walton's work in low temperature superconductivity; his father's work at Trinity College Dublin.
Ph.D. in low temperature physics, Cambridge University; has held positions at Sussex University, Open University, University of Cambridge, Cavendish Laboratory, and others. Research areas include teaching physics, lesser-known luminescences, and bubble physics.
Cockcroft, John, Sir, 1897-1967
Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice), 1902-1984
Pippard, A. B.
Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937
Walton, Alan J.
Walton, Ernest, 1903-1995
Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)
Trinity College (University of Cambridge)
University of Cambridge
Liquids -- Acoustic properties.
Low temperatures
Nobel Prizes
Superconductivity
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McCartney, Mark, 1967-, interviewer.
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American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA