Reminiscences of Elizabeth Thompson Bunce, 1982
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- Name
- Bunce, Elizabeth T. (Elizabeth Thompson), 1915-2003 (Interviewee)
- Smith, P. K (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Elizabeth Thompson Bunce, 1982
- Abstract
- Early education; Smith College; physical education teacher; Woods Hole summer job testing explosives; decision to study science at Smith College: M.S. in physics, 1949; Woods Hole from 1951: own specialty in underwater acoustics and seismics, United States Naval Submarine GIBBS 1959 cruise to Mobile, 1962 BEAR cruise, discovery of the nuclear submarine Chain Ridge, role of chief scientist on cruise s, effect of sinking of THRESHER on underwater equipment, changes in funding research
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Women scientists; Physicists; Marine geophysics; Seismology; Underwater acoustics; Bunce, Elizabeth T. (Elizabeth Thompson), 1915-2003
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 165 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Geophysicist
- Note
- Interviewed by P.K. Smith
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 15306808
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-xq3g-be16
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.