Andrew Pickerig interviews conducted for his book CONSTRUCTING QUARKS,
1978-1985
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Pickering, Andrew.
Size of collection
1 linear foot
1 half manuscript box
1 flat manuscript box
2 tape boxes
Short description of collection
Consists of audio taped interviews with thirty-six particle physicists, conducted as background material for his book, CONSTRUCTING QUARKS: A SOCIOLOGICAL HISTORY OF PARTICLE PHYSICS (1984).
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR422
Andrew Pickering, sociologist and historian of science. Researcher in physics at the Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, and the Daresbury Laboratory, United Kingdom from 1973 until 1975, and in sociology of science at the Science Studies Unit of the University of Edinburgh beginning in 1976.
Consists of interviews with thirty-six particle physicists, conducted as background material for his book CONSTRUCTING QUARKS: A SOCIOLOGICAL HISTORY OF PARTICLE PHYSICS, published in 1984. Pickering sought to document the founding and growth of research traditions structured around the quark concept, therefore, almost all interviews focused upon the interviewee's overall research career rather than narrowly defined historical episodes. They cover the period from 1964 when the quark model was formulated to 1980 when quark theories had come to dominate research practice in high-energy physics. More specific topics include J/psi color models, Fairbank's fractional charges, and the Price magnetic monopoole. Participants include: Henry Abarbanel, Luis W. Alvarez, Barry Barish, A. O. Barut, John Bell, James Bjorken, Elliott D. Bloom, Gordon Feldman, Geoffrey Chew, Sidney Coleman, A. De Rujula, Sid Drell, John Ellis, P.G.O. Freund, Erwin Gabathuler, Mary Gaillard, H. Georgi, Gerson Goldhaber, Sheldon Glashow, Peter Higgs, Roman Jackiw, R. L. Jaffe, P. V. Langshoff, Ed Lofgren, Seymour Joseph Lindenbaum, Francis Eugene Low, Y. Nambu, Robert B. Palmer, and Hugh David Politzer, Charles Prescott, P. Buford Price, Chris Quigg, B. Richter, A. Salam, G. t'Hooft, and C. N. Yang.
Some interviews are closed until reviewed by Pickering. Others required permission to quote or cite from the interview. Special circumstances are marked in the finding aid and on the cassette tapes.
Researchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/item-request.
These papers have been indexed in the
International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS)
using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
Persons
Abarbanel, H. D. I.
Alvarez, Luis W., 1911-
Barish, Barry
Barut, A. O. (Asim Orhan), 1926-
Bell, J. S.
Bjorken, James D.
Bloom, E. (Elliott)
Chew, Geoffrey F.
Coleman, Sidney. 1937-2007.
De R'ujula, A. (Alvaro)
Drell, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1926-
Ellis, John, 1946-
Feldman, Gordon
Freund, Peter G. O. (Peter George Oliver), 1936-
Gabathuler, Erwin.
Gaillard, Mary K.
Georgi, Howard.
Glashow, Sheldon L.
Goldhaber, Gerson
Higgs, Peter Ware.
Hooft, G. 't
Jackiw, Roman W.
Langshoff, P. W.
Lindenbaum, S. J.
Low, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1921-2007
Löfgren, Edward J., 1908-
Nanbu, Yôichirô, 1921-
Palmer, Robert B.
Politzer, H. David (Hugh David), 1949-
Price, Paul Buford, Jr., 1932-
Quigg, Chris.
Richter, Burton, 1931-
Salam, Abdus, 1926-
Stech, Berthold, 1924-
Yang, Chen Ning, 1922-
Subject terms
Elementary particles
Mangetic monopoles.
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Quantum chromodynamics.
Quarks. History.
Genre terms
Interviews.
Oral histories.
This collection is organized into three series:
- Series I: Unrestricted interviews
- Series II: Restricted interviews
- Series III: Transripts
Each series is arranged alphabetically by interviewee last name.
Box [number], Folder [number], Andrew Pickerig interviews conducted for his book CONSTRUCTING QUARKS. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Title
Finding Aid to the Andrew Pickerig interviews conducted for his book CONSTRUCTING QUARKS, 1978-1985
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2012
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Mueller in 2012. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
Some interviews require the interviewee's permission to quote or cite from the interview. These conditions are marked on the audio cassettes.
| Box 1 |
Alvarez, Luis W. (with Hagstrom), undated |
|
Freund, Peter G. O., 1978 |
| Box 2 |
Lindenbaum, S. J., 1981 |
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Politzer, Hugh David, 1978 |
These interviews have restricted access conditions and need permission from interviewee, Pickering, or both.
| Box 3 |
Dashen, Roger, 1978 |
| Box 4 |
Glashow, Sheldon - transcript, 1978 |
|
Yang, C. N. - transcript, 1978 |
