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Describes family and growing up in Frenchtown, New Jersey. His early schooling. Plays high school football. Is recruited by Columbia University's football coach Lou Little. Enters Columbia in the fall of 1951. His first impressions of Columbia University and early difficulties with course work. Jobs he took to cover tuition. Football at Columbia. Decides to study geology. Describes Columbia’s geology department and characterizes the main professors, A. K. Lobeck, John Imbrie, Marshall Kay. Mentions his undergraduate thesis, laboratory work, courses, and textbooks.
Arrives at Lamont in January of 1964. His first impressions of Lamont explored. Lamont scientists and Columbia University geologists are anti-drift. Characterizes Ewing’s strong personality and leadership. His work with magnetic stratigraphy. Explains his conflict with Bruce Heezen. Heezen and W. Maurice Ewing’s turbulent relationship. Disputes between the geochemists, particularly J. Laurence Kulp and Ewing. Broecker’s refuses to collaborate. Ewing’s marriage to Harriet causes problems.
In this interview, S. K. Runcorn discusses the history of geophysics. Topics discussed include: Cambridge University; Manchester University; University of Newcastle upon Tyne; paleomagnetism; continental drift; University of Durham; Rice University; Beloit College; Standard Oil; Sperry Gyroscope; dynamo theory. Individuals discussed include: C. P. Snow; John Douglas Cockcroft; Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington; Mark Oliphant; Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett; Nevill Francis Mott; S. Chandrasekhar; Walter M.
In this interview, S. K. Runcorn discusses the history of geophysics. Topics discussed include: Cambridge University; Manchester University; University of Newcastle upon Tyne; paleomagnetism; continental drift; University of Durham; Rice University; Beloit College; Standard Oil; Sperry Gyroscope; dynamo theory. Individuals discussed include: C. P. Snow; John Douglas Cockcroft; Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington; Mark Oliphant; Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett; Nevill Francis Mott; S. Chandrasekhar; Walter M.
In this interview Victor Vacquier discusses subjects such as: Scripps Institution of Oceanography; S. W. Carey; paleomagnetism and geomagnetism; University of Wisconsin; Charles Mendenhall; Gulf Oil Company; Columbia University Airborne Instruments Laboratory; Sperry Gyroscope Inc.; magnetometer; Seiya Uyeda; Louis Neel; Carnegie Institution Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM); gyroscopes; geophysics; E. J. Workman; Merle Tuve; Walter Munk; Charles Slichter; Roger Revelle; United States Navy; Harry Hess; J. R.
In this interview Victor Vacquier discusses subjects such as: Scripps Institution of Oceanography; S. W. Carey; paleomagnetism and geomagnetism; University of Wisconsin; Charles Mendenhall; Gulf Oil Company; Columbia University Airborne Instruments Laboratory; Sperry Gyroscope Inc.; magnetometer; Seiya Uyeda; Louis Neel; Carnegie Institution Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM); gyroscopes; geophysics; E. J. Workman; Merle Tuve; Walter Munk; Charles Slichter; Roger Revelle; United States Navy; Harry Hess; J. R.