Arthur Kantrowitz, Richard Patrick and Thomas Gold with a electric shock tube

Interplanetary Shock Wave Scientists. Left to right: Arthur Kantrowitz, director of the Avco-Everett Research Laboratory; Richard Patrick, AVCO physicist; and Thomas Gold, Harvard astronomer and cosmologist. They are shown with electric shock tube in which interplanetary shock waves have been reproduced and speeds exceeding 1,000,000 mph obtained., Credit Line: AVCO Research Laboratory, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Abstract/Description: Interplanetary Shock Wave Scientists. Left to right: Arthur Kantrowitz, director of the Avco-Everett Research Laboratory; Richard Patrick, AVCO physicist; and Thomas Gold, Harvard astronomer and cosmologist. They are shown with electric shock tube in which interplanetary shock waves have been reproduced and speeds exceeding 1,000,000 mph obtained.
Subject(s): Laboratories
Equipment and supplies
Astronomy
Portraits, Group
Kantrowitz, Arthur
Gold, Thomas
Date Created: circa 1959
Credit Line: AVCO Research Laboratory, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Catalog ID: Kantrowitz Arthur C3