Greenstein, Jesse L. (Jesse Leonard), 1909-2002-
Oral history interview with Jesse Leonard Greenstein, 1982 February 25, and March 16 and 23.
Years at Yerkes, 1937-1948; importance of Otto Struve, Groti Reber, Louis Henyey, Ger ard Kuiper and James G. Baker. Staff work at Mount Wilson/ Palomar, 1948, California Institute of Technology, 1948-. Impressions of Fritz Zwicky, Howard Percy Robertson, Edwin Hubble, and Lee DuBridge. Educational cooperative with Carnegie Institution. Relationship of radio astronoomy to optical astronomy; memories of John Bolton and E.G. Bowen. Importance of general relativity in astronomy. Influence of Richard C. Tolman and Earnest Watson. Relationship between nuclear physics and astronomy; collaboration with Leverett Davis, Charlie Lauritsen, Bob Christy, Fred Hoyle, and the Burbidges. G's view of honors and awards. Role of Henry Dreyfuss in founding the DuBridge chair. G's administratvie work at Caltech. Development of the humanities program. G's view of the role of women in astronomy; opinions of Annie Jump Cannon, Jane Werner Watson, Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin, Virginia Trimble, and Sandra Faber. Challenges of 200-inch telescope. Technical innovations by Ira S. Bowen and J.B. Oke. Effect of computers on astronomy.
Greenstein was a Harvard educated astronomer who came to the California Institute of Technology in 1948 to run the astronomy program, which then included the administration of the Palomar 200-inch telescope. While at Caltech he also did research on stellar composition and high resolution spectra using the Palomar telescope. Became a leader in the profession, and an administrator in professional scientific organizations.
Bowen, E. G.
Bowen, Ira Sprague, 1898-1973.
DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994-
Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia, 1900-1979-
Hubble, Edwin, 1889-1953
Kuiper, Gerard P. (Gerard Peter), 1905-1973
Lauritsen, Charles Christian, 1892-1968.
Struve, Otto, 1897-1963.
Trimble, Virginia L., 1943-
Zwicky, F. (Fritz), 1898-1974
California Institute of Technology
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Palomar Observatory.
Yerkes Observatory.
Astronomy.
Computers.
General relativity (Physics)
Nuclear physics.
Radio astronomy.
Optics.
Telescopes.
Women scientists.
Women in science
Oral histories. aat
Interviews. aat
Sound recordings lcgft
Transcripts. aat
Baker, James Gilbert
Botton, John.
Burbridge family.
Cannon, Annie Jump, 1863-1941
Christy, Bob.
Faber, S. M. (Sandra M.)
Greenstein, Jesse L. (Jesse Leonard), 1909-2002-
Henyey, Louis George.
Hoyle, Fred, 1915-2001
Oke, J. Beverley, 1928-2004.
Reber, Grote, 1911-2002.
Robertson, H. P. (Howard Percy), 1903-1961,
Prud'homme, Rachel interviewer.
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