X-ray crystallography

Interviewed by
David Zierler
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Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania
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AIP Oral Historian David Zierler interviews Dr. Jenny Glusker of the Fox Chase Cancer Center. 

Interviewed by
David Edge
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This interview begins with recollections of Bragg's family members, and a discussion of his family's influence on his social development and early interest in science.  Bragg then goes into detail about his early works, before discussing his x-ray research projects with his father, William Henry Bragg, and their shared Nobel Prize in 1915.  The final portions of the interview focus on his undergraduate years at the University of Cambridge, his role as a part of J. J. Thomson's research group, and his relationship with C. T. R. Wilson.  Other topics and affiliations discussed include:  Niels Bohr, Norman Campbell; Ernest Rutherford; Cavendish Laboratory; and x-ray crystallography, among others.