Title: My paper on the story of the magnetron
Listeners:
Alastair Gunn
Megan Argo
Alastair Gunn is an astrophysicist at Jodrell Bank Observatory, University of Manchester. He is responsible for the coordination and execution of international radio astronomical observations at the institute and his professional research concerns the extended atmospheres of highly active binary stars. Alastair has a deep interest and knowledge of the history of radio astronomy in general and of Jodrell Bank in particular. He has written extensively about Jodrell Bank's history.
Megan Argo is an astronomer at the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory researching supernovae and star formation in nearby starburst galaxies. As well as research, she is involved with events in the Observatory's Visitor Centre explaining both astronomy and the history of the Observatory to the public.
Tags:
Royal Society, Bomber Command, Oboe (navigation), Gee (navigation), Coastal Command
Duration:
1 minute, 56 seconds
Date story recorded:
January 2007
Date story went live:
05 September 2008