Bart Bok interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2317706
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Bok, Bart J. (Bart Jan), 1906-1983, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1973, Aug. 26
- 1 sound tape reel (ca. 45 min.)
- Series:
- Hazel de Berg collection ; DeB 699
- Summary:
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Professor Bok speaks of his reasons for working in Australia from 1957 to 1966 ; his interest in the southern Milky Way ; working in collaboration with his wife Dr. Priscilla Fairfield Bok on the book, The Milky Way, which later became a standard in the field, the reasons for becoming an astronomer ; the problems associated with obtaining a 150-inch telescope for the Anglo-Australian telescope project ; returning to Arizona.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Aug. 26, 1973.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-214672129
- An edited version of this interview later published as: Australian astronomers / compiled by Ragbir Bhathal. Canberra : National Library of Australia, c1996.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available (16 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- De Berg, Hazel, 1913-1984, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Hazel de Berg collection.
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- Until 2043 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1973
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