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Education at the Universities of Vienna, Zurich and Gottingen; taught at University of Munich 1926. Early interest in the application of statistical analysis to physical problems. One of the earliest emigree physicists to come to America, taking positions at Johns Hopkins University and the Catholic University of America. In addition to scientific articles he has written a number of studies on the philosophical and theological implications of modern physics. Also prominently mentioned are: Niels Henrik David Bohr, Kazimir Fajans, Fritz Hasenoehrl, Theodore von Kármán, Frank Rice, Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld, Otto Stern, Edward Teller, Theodore von Kármán, Wilhelm Wien; Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States Army, United States Navy, United States Office of Scientific Research and Development-National Defense Research Committee, Universität München, Universität Wien, and Universität Zürich.
The interview ranges from Inglis’ youth and family origins to his current (1977) activities. Topics include his student days (Amherst College 1924-28, Ann Arbor 1928-31), contact with European physicists and rising Nazism (1932-13), the physics departments at Ohio State, University of Pittsburgh, Princeton, and Johns Hopkins in the 1930’s, and the last of these in the 1940’s; atomic spectroscopy, ferromagnetism, uses of the vector model, shift from atomic to nuclear spectroscopy, the Thomas precession and spin-orbit coupling in nuclei, shell and droplet models for nuclei, intermediate coupling model for light nuclei, the earth’s magnetic field, wind-dynamos and nuclear reactors; Los Alamos during World War II, Argonne Laboratory in the 1950’s and 60’s; expression of social concern, especially in relation to the nuclear arms race, in the 1950’s through the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the political victimization of Donald Flanders, the Federation of American Scientists, congressional testimony concerning Lewis Strauss’ (nominee for Sec. of Commerce) experiences at Pugwash Conferences, obstacles to slowing or reversing the arms race.
The interview ranges from Inglis’ youth and family origins to his current (1977) activities. Topics include his student days (Amherst College 1924-28, Ann Arbor 1928-31), contact with European physicists and rising Nazism (1932-13), the physics departments at Ohio State, University of Pittsburgh, Princeton, and Johns Hopkins in the 1930’s, and the last of these in the 1940’s; atomic spectroscopy, ferromagnetism, uses of the vector model, shift from atomic to nuclear spectroscopy, the Thomas precession and spin-orbit coupling in nuclei, shell and droplet models for nuclei, intermediate coupling model for light nuclei, the earth’s magnetic field, wind-dynamos and nuclear reactors; Los Alamos during World War II, Argonne Laboratory in the 1950’s and 60’s; expression of social concern, especially in relation to the nuclear arms race, in the 1950’s through the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the political victimization of Donald Flanders, the Federation of American Scientists, congressional testimony concerning Lewis Strauss’ (nominee for Sec. of Commerce) experiences at Pugwash Conferences, obstacles to slowing or reversing the arms race.
Childhood, early schooling, early trips to New Mexico and Europe. Influences of parents, brother (J. Robert Oppenheimer), and physics teacher; impressions, contacts with scientists, and experiences at Johns Hopkins University, Cavendish Laboratory, Florence Laboratory, Caltech, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, University of Minnesota, and University of Colorado; political involvements and subsequent blacklisting; ranch years, 1949-1959; return to scientific career; and current involvement in science museums (San Fransisco Exploratorium). Also prominently mentioned are: Luis Walter Alvarez, Carl David Anderson, Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge, George Barere, Gilberto Bernardini, Jay W. Buchta, James Chadwick, Gerhard Heinrich Dieke, Charles D. Ellis, William Alfred Fowler, Phyllis Freier, Garbosso, Paul Horgan, Petr Kapitsa, Otto E. Klemperer, Klock, Charles Christian Lauritsen, Ernest Orlando Lawrence, E. Lofgren, Robert Andrews Millikan, Nevill Francis Mott, Quig Newton, Giuseppe Occhialini, Mark Oliphant, Ella Oppenheimer, Julius Oppenheimer, Mike Oppenheimer, Wilson Powell, Giulio Racah, Richman, Ernest Rutherford, Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, Edward Teller, George Eugène Uhlenbeck, Harvey White, Robert Rathbun Wilson, A. M. Wood; Archuleta County Soil Conservation Board, Cavendish Laboratory, Ethical Culture School, Ethical Culture Society Fieldston High School, Lawrence Hall of Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory, McCarthy-Army controversy, Pagosa Springs High School, Physical Sciences Study Committee, Princeton University, San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts, United States Congress House Committee on Un-American Activities, United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Office of Naval Research, Università degli Studi, Università di Firenze, University of Colorado, Boulder, University of Minnesota, University of Rochester, and Wheatridge High School.
Childhood, early schooling, early trips to New Mexico and Europe. Influences of parents, brother (J. Robert Oppenheimer), and physics teacher; impressions, contacts with scientists, and experiences at Johns Hopkins University, Cavendish Laboratory, Florence Laboratory, Caltech, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, University of Minnesota, and University of Colorado; political involvements and subsequent blacklisting; ranch years, 1949-1959; return to scientific career; and current involvement in science museums (San Fransisco Exploratorium). Also prominently mentioned are: Luis Walter Alvarez, Carl David Anderson, Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge, George Barere, Gilberto Bernardini, Jay W. Buchta, James Chadwick, Gerhard Heinrich Dieke, Charles D. Ellis, William Alfred Fowler, Phyllis Freier, Garbosso, Paul Horgan, Petr Kapitsa, Otto E. Klemperer, Klock, Charles Christian Lauritsen, Ernest Orlando Lawrence, E. Lofgren, Robert Andrews Millikan, Nevill Francis Mott, Quig Newton, Giuseppe Occhialini, Mark Oliphant, Ella Oppenheimer, Julius Oppenheimer, Mike Oppenheimer, Wilson Powell, Giulio Racah, Richman, Ernest Rutherford, Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, Edward Teller, George Eugène Uhlenbeck, Harvey White, Robert Rathbun Wilson, A. M. Wood; Archuleta County Soil Conservation Board, Cavendish Laboratory, Ethical Culture School, Ethical Culture Society Fieldston High School, Lawrence Hall of Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory, McCarthy-Army controversy, Pagosa Springs High School, Physical Sciences Study Committee, Princeton University, San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts, United States Congress House Committee on Un-American Activities, United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Office of Naval Research, Università degli Studi, Università di Firenze, University of Colorado, Boulder, University of Minnesota, University of Rochester, and Wheatridge High School.