Critchfield, Charles Louis, 1910-
Oral history interview with Charles L. Critchfield, 1987 May 29.
The interview mainly concerns John von Neumann, who Critchfield knew through his thesis advisor, Edward Teller, and his work at Aberdeen Proving Ground and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. Critchfield describes von Neumann's work on shaped charges; his work at the Ballistic Research Laboratory at Aberdeen and his interactions with Robert Kent; and his consulting work at Los Alamos, especially on the implosion device.
Mathematical physicist.
Kent, R. H., (Robert H.)
Teller, Edward, 1908-2003
Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957.
Aberdeen Proving Ground (Md.). Geophysical Laboratory.
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory.
Ballistics -- Research.
Mathematical physics -- Research.
United States -- Data processing.
Oral histories. ftamc aat aat
Aspray, William, interviewer.
AIP-ICOS
University of Minnesota. Charles Babbage Institute. Center for the History of Computing. University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA