In response to student requests, and to help celebrate the graduation of our physics majors, we have designed a graduation stole uniquely befitting physics. The design incorporates the four visible spectral lines of hydrogen—the Balmer series. Since the 2002 debut of the design, all our graduates have proudly worn their physics graduation stoles at commencement. We hope the idea of a unique physics graduation stole, and the specific design of this particular one, will help spread the celebration of physics to other institutions as well.
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R. Porter, The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists, 2nd ed. (Oxford University Press, New York, 1994).
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See the online appendix at E-PHTEAH-47-015905 http://ftp.aip.org/cgi-bin/epaps?ID=E-PHTEAH-47-015905 for design details of the stole.
For more information on EPAPS, visit http://www.aip.org/pubservs/epaps.html.
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2009
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