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February 1994
February 01 1994
Special Issue: Physics and Biology
Hans Frauenfelder;
Hans Frauenfelder
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Howard C. Berg
Howard C. Berg
Harvard University
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Hans Frauenfelder
Howard C. Berg
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Physics Today 47 (2), 20–21 (1994);
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Hans Frauenfelder, Howard C. Berg; Special Issue: Physics and Biology. Physics Today 1 February 1994; 47 (2): 20–21. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881409
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