Miscellaneous correspondence regarding interviews, recordings, television appearances for radio and television companies in UK and abroad, 1962-1973
File
MS. Eng. misc. b. 219/D.22
Held at the Weston Library
The topics covered include the history of atomic physics, atomic warfare, the Fuchs case, recollections of scientific colleagues.
Programmes referred to include:
- 'The Bomb' (BBC Radio), 1962
- Series on Quantum Physics (BBC TV), 1963
- 'The Decision to drop the atomic bomb' (NBC), 1964
- 'The Birth of the Bomb' (Sveriges Radio), 1965
- Ethical responsibility of scientists (BBC TV), 1964
- 'The Struggle for Peace' (ABC TV), 1966
- On Klaus Fuchs (Radiotelevisione Italiana), 1966
- Regarding programme on Rutherford (BBC Radio), 1966
- 'Growing Points in Physics' (BBC Radio), 1966-1967 (Includes script of Peierls's contribution 'The concepts of physics').
- On the history of the atomic bomb (Sveriges radio), 1967-1968
- On current research (C.O.I. for West German radio), 1969
- 'Birth of the Bomb' (for American TV), 1970
- 'A fable in his lifetime - Paul Dirac' (BBC Radio), 1972
- On Klaus Fuchs (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), 1973
Dates
- Creation: 1962-1973
Extent
1 file
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. misc. b. 219/D.22
Former reference:
CSAC 52.6.77/D.22
Repository Details
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk