In this oral history excerpt, astronomer Lawrence Aller (1913-2003), reflects on how witnessing the total solar eclipse in 1918 sparked his interest in astronomy.

This excerpt comes from the oral history collection of the Niels Bohr Library & Archives at the American Institute of Physics. This collection comprises thousands of oral history interviews, with over 1500 interview transcripts being available to read free online. Interviews range in date from the early 1960s to the present and cover the major areas and discoveries of physics from the past 100 years. The Voices of the Past Collection highlights some of the oldest oral histories of the collection with interviewees who have passed on.

Oral History Credits:
Interview of Lawrence Aller by David DeVorkin on 1979 August 18,
Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics,
College Park, MD USA,
www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/4481

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