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Mémoires de la physique contemporaine : quatre portraits

1984

Cette série de quatre portraits de scientifiques constitue une véritable histoire de la physique nucléaire entre 1930 et 1960 environ. Dès le début de la guerre, Jules Guéron réussit à passer en Angleterre tandis que Bertrand Goldschmit, Pierre Auger et Francis Perrin se réfugient aux Etats-Unis. Goldschmit, Guéron et Auger feront partie du groupe anglo-canadien de recherche nucléaire. Tous quatre participeront activement à la création du CEA immédiatement après la guerre. En bref, des témoignages passionnants sur l'invention de la bombe atomique, la naissance de l'industrie nucléaire française et la personnalité d'un très grand scientifique français : Frédéric Joliot-Curie.

Mémoires de la physique contemporaine : quatre portraits

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Jules Guéron, physicist and Director of the French Atomic Energy Commission, interviewed by Etienne Bauer, recalls the main events of his career (c. 1930-1960).

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Physicist Pierre Auger, member of the Institut de France and of the French Atomic Energy Commission, talks to Etienne Bauer about his career (c. 1930-1960) and his philosophical and artistic ideas.

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In discussion with Etienne Bauer, physicist Francis Perrin, professor at the Collège de France and High Commissioner for Atomic Energy, recalls his student years and his career (c. 1930-1960).

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Interviewed by Etienne Bauer, physicist Bertrand Goldschmit, President of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, recalls the main events in his career (c. 1930 to 1960).

Keywords

Second World War
Researcher
Radioactivity
History of Science
Arms industry
Late modern period
Nuclear pile

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