Finding Aid to the Andrew Pickerig interviews conducted for his book CONSTRUCTING QUARKS, 1978-1985Publisher:American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives 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. Finding aid is written in English. Description of the CollectionRepository:American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. Title and dates of collection:Andrew Pickerig interviews conducted for his book CONSTRUCTING QUARKS, 1978-1985 Papers created by:Pickering, Andrew. Size of collection:1 linear foot 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 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 NoteAndrew 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. Scope and Contents of CollectionConsists 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. Organization and Arrangement of CollectionThis collection is organized into three series:
Each series is arranged alphabetically by interviewee last name. Access to CollectionSome 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. http://www.aip.org/history/nbl/access.html. Preferred Citation of CollectionBox [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. Container List
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