Finding Aid to the Stephen Woolgar research materials on pulsars, 1973-1976Publisher:American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives Encoding Information:Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Brown in 2007. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process. Finding aid is written in English. Description of the CollectionRepository:American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. Title and dates of collection:Stephen Woolgar research materials on pulsars, 1973-1976 Papers created by:Woolgar, Stephen. Size of collection:0.75 linear feet Short description of collection:This collection consists of interviews with thirty-nine physicists, astronomers, and radio astronomers involved in the discovery and subsequent work on pulsars. Language(s) of material:English Selected Search TermsThese 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. Biographical NoteSociologist. On the sociology faculty at Brunel University, Uxbridge, England. His publications include articles in Sociology and Social Studies of Science. He is interested in scientific discourse. Scope and Contents of CollectionAudio recordings, notes, and transcripts. The collection consists of interviews with thirty-nine physicists, astronomers, and radio astronomers involved in the discovery and subsequent work on pulsars. These interviews were conducted in connection with Woolgar's thesis entitled "The emergence and growth of research areas in science with special reference to research on pulsars." The longest interviews are with S. Jocelyn Bell, Geoffrey Burbidge,R.D. Davies, Edward J. Groth, James E. Gunn, Richard N. Henriksen, Anthony Hewish, Michael Kesteven, A.G. Lyne, Jeremiah P. Ostriker, F. Graham Smith, Kip S. Thorne, and Sachiko Tsuruta. Three interviews were not taped; only four tape-recorded interviews were transcribed. Organization and Arrangement of CollectionThis collection is organized into two series:
Series I is arranged alphabetically by the interviewee's last name, and Series II is arranged chronologically. Access to CollectionResearchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. http://www.aip.org/history/nbl/access.html. Provenance and Acquisition InformationReceived from Stephen Woolgar, 1979. Processing InformationThis collection was processed by Lara D'Agaro in 2007. Preferred Citation of CollectionBox [number], Folder [number], Stephen Woolgar research materials on pulsars. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA. Container List
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