Oral history interview with Charles DuBois Coryell, 1960
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Charles DuBois Coryell, 1960
Abstract
Education in California and Germany; political philosophy; Manhattan Project, Chicago and Oak Ridge; security restrictions and problems; relationships with Army and DuPont Company; tension among scientists; emotional and scientific impact of bomb and its use; attempts to inform and influence public opinion and Congress; Smyth report; Europe and Israel sojourn; Robert Oppenheimer case; impressions o f many prominent atomic scientists. Two editions of the transcript are available. The original was completed by the Oral History Research Office in 1964 and published as microfiche in 1975. There is also a 2010 edition, which was edited by Coryell's daughter, Julie E. Coryell
Chemists; Nuclear weapons; Science--Moral and ethical aspects; Coryell, Charles D. (Charles Du Bois), 1912-1971; Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967; Manhattan Project (U.S.); E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company; United States. Army
Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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Biographical interview
Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
Service copy (44 kHz, 16 bit) and rendered version (96 kHz, 24 bit) of sound file derived from a digital preservation master digitized at 96 kHz, 24 bit