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Baldwin, Ralph Belknap, 1912-
Ralph Belknap Baldwin response to History of Modern Astrophysics Survey, 1980.
Brief, typed response to the questionnaire; three pages of biographical statistics; and a copy of an autobiographical talk given before the Grand Rapids, MI, Rotary Club, entitled A Scientist's View of Creation. Recipients were asked to discuss their decision to enter astronomy; their work during the Second World War; their professional work outside astronomy; the fields in which they have been most active, the advances in both those fields and others, and their own accomplishments and satisfactions; sources of funding; their perceptions of public attitudes; the influence of religion or philosophy on their work as astronomers; and their opinions on questions relating to the Big Bang Theory, cosmology, up-coming important developments, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
American Astrophysicist. Ph.D., University of Michigan (1937). Professional experience includes: senior physicist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (1942-1946); astronomy consultant, Boeing Company, Chance-Vought Corp., Rand Corp., Grumman, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center (NASA), U. S. Air Force moon-mapping project; product manager through chairman of the board, Oliver Machinery Company (1947-1984).
Baldwin, Ralph Belknap, 1912-
Baldwin, Ralph Belknap, 1912-
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