Oral history interview with Evgeny Velikhov, 2000
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- Name
- Velikhov, E. P (Interviewee)
- Magat, Richard (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Evgeny Velikhov, 2000
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Evgeny Velikhov : oral history, 2000
- Abstract
- Family history; childhood in Moscow, Russia; interest in science at early age; education at Moscow State University; research on plasma physics; visit to Massachusetts Institute of Technology; earthquake prediction on Sakhalin Island; experiences at Chernobyl Nuclear Facility; reform toward liberal government in USSR; 1983 US - USSR teleconference; student exchange programs between US and USSR; wor k on The Vega Project; research on personal computer technology; receipt of US visa under President Clinton; personal views on patriotism and nationalism
- Collection Name
- Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
- Subjects
- Nuclear physicists; Science and state--Soviet Union; Endowments--United States; Soviet Union Relations United States; Velikhov, E. P; Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2000
- Physical Description
- 51 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Nuclear Scientist
- Note (Funding)
- Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Note
- 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
- Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
- Interviewed by Richard Magat on December 1, 2000
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 7585012
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-00c1-kf73
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.