Programme | 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine

David DeVorkin

Smithsonian Institution, United States

Personal identity number: 11030

Postal address
Space History Division MRC 311
National Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Washingtion DC 20560-0311

Email: devorkind

si.edu

Paper presentation

A case study in the transformation of an astronomical observatory: Fred Whipple’s ‘dear dream’

Part of Symposium S065. Knowledge between transmission and local cultural boundaries: migrating scientists and physicians in the twentieth century

Tue 23 July, 14:10–15:40

Session chair

T161-A. Twentieth-century astronomy
Fri 26 July, 09:00–10:30
In Session group T161. Modern physics and astronomy at work