Oral History Interviews

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Rubin Vera A3

Vera Rubin - Session I

Interviewed by: 
David DeVorkin
Interview date: 
Thursday, 21 September 1995
Location: 
Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington

This interview is part of a small program to document the recent history of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). These interviews were used as background studies to help authors of chapters of the centennial history volume of the Society research and organize documentary materials. The volume to be published in 1999. This interview discusses Rubin's family background and years at Vassar; working at Naval Research Laboratory; influence of Richard Feynman on her studies at Cornell; teaching, observational work and spectroscopy at Georgetown; AAS meetings.

Rubin Vera A3

Vera Rubin - Session II

Interviewed by: 
David DeVorkin
Interview date: 
Thursday, 9 May 1996
Location: 
Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington

This interview is part of a small program to document the recent history of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). These interviews were used as background studies to help authors of chapters of the centennial history volume of the Society research and organize documentary materials. The volume to be published in 1999. This interview discusses Rubin's family background and years at Vassar; working at Naval Research Laboratory; influence of Richard Feynman on her studies at Cornell; teaching, observational work and spectroscopy at Georgetown; AAS meetings.