| Title: |
Reminiscences of Sidney Ratner
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A104
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
J. Robert Oppenheimer: role in development of atom bomb, attitudes toward hydrogen bomb and disarmament, concern with international dissemination of knowledge on nuclear energy, positions on national defense, directorship of Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton University, conflicts with colleagues, family life, influences, character strengths and weaknesses; Oppenheimer's relations with Jean Tatlock, Albert Einstein, George Kennan, Lewis Strauss, John von Neumann; directors of the Institute for Advanced Study after Oppenheimer; impressions of Carl Kaysan; politics within the Institute for Advanced Studies.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 56 leaves, Tape: 1 reel
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Closed until May 5, 1991. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1982 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Ratner, Sidney, 1908-
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1908
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| Speaker occupation: |
Economic historian
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| Age at speaking: |
74
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| Document date: |
1982
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| Interviewer: |
Edwin, Ed
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| Organizations discussed: |
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Historians; North America; Nuclear energy; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Hydrogen bomb; Nuclear power--International control; Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967; Ratner, Sidney, 1908-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0016881-12324
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