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Record information – Brief [Wu, Ta-You - Interview]
Series title:National Research Council Oral History ProjectHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1977-02-05Item number (ISN):445259Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA / CONSEIL NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES DU CANADAAccession:1977-0045Media:SoundPart:2 of 2Production date:1977-02-05Production company:National Research CouncilProduction credit:interviewer, Don PhillipsonDescription:Interview of Professor Ta-You Wu by Don Phillipson. Subjects discussed include: Dr. Gerhard Herzberg; early days at NRC; summer seminars for Canadian universities; most fashionable field in physics was quantum field theory; need for more staff in Wu's Division; death of Steacie; theoretical physics at Canadian universities from 1949 to 1963 had few stars and Wu had little contact with leading Canadian physicists; Wu's early career and education; Chalk River Nuclear Labs had a few theoretical physicists, but not nearly so broadly based as Wu and NRC; evolution of separate Pure and Applied Physics Divisions at NRC; book publications; NRC library; seminars; T.D. Lee; Dr. P.A. Dirac; and the Pacific Sciences Congress. <2h 25mn>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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