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Volume 13, Issue 12

December 1960

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ISSN 0031-9228

EISSN 1945-0699

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The Institute
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Obituaries
We Hear That
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Articles

High energy physics

Michael J. Moravcsik

Physics Today 13 (12), 20–25 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056740

An informal report of the Rochester Conference

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Experiments in magneto‐fluid dynamics

R. A. Alpher

Physics Today 13 (12), 26–31 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056741

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Structure and evolution of the galactic system

Vera C. Rubin

Physics Today 13 (12), 32–35 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056742

The international summer session for astronomers which is summarized below took place last July and August at Nyenrode Castle in the Netherlands.

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Manpower in high energy physics

Charles H. Braden; Jerome H. Fregeau; Glenn M. Frye, Jr.

Physics Today 13 (12), 42–46 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056746

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The Institute

The Arden House Assembly

Physics Today 13 (12), 36–37 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056743

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The Karl Taylor Compton Gold Medal

Physics Today 13 (12), 38–39 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056744

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Some Additional Data on the Production of Physicists

Henry A. Barton

Physics Today 13 (12), 40–41 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056745

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Books

Cosmic Radio Waves

I. S. Shklovsky; Richard B. Rodman; Carlos M. Varsavsky; Otto Struve

Physics Today 13 (12), 48 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056747

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Wave Propagation in a Random Medium

Lev A. Chernov; R. A. Silverman; Philip M. Morse

Physics Today 13 (12), 50 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056748

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The Special Theory of Relativity

J. Aharoni; Herman Feshbach

Physics Today 13 (12), 50–52 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056749

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Optical Crystallography

Ernest E. Wahlstrom; I. Fankuchen

Physics Today 13 (12), 52–53 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056750

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High Temperature Technology

N. Hiester; D. Cubicotti; Joseph Katz

Physics Today 13 (12), 53 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056751

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Progress in Cryogenics, Volume 1

K. Mendelssohn; Robert L. Sproull

Physics Today 13 (12), 53–54 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056752

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Formation and Trapping of Free Radicals

Arnold M. Bass; H. P. Broida; D. J. E. Ingram

Physics Today 13 (12), 54–56 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056753

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Radiation Pyrometry and Its Underlying Principles of Radiant Heat Transfer

Thomas R. Harrison; Peter L. Balise

Physics Today 13 (12), 56–58 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056754

View articletitled, Radiation Pyrometry and Its Underlying Principles of Radiant Heat Transfer

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Direct Conversion of Heat to Electricity

Joseph Kaye; John A. Welsh; H. A. Liebhafsky

Physics Today 13 (12), 58–60 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056755

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Incompressible Aerodynamics: An Account of the Theory and Observation of the Steady Flow of Incompressible Fluid Past Aerofoils, Wings, and Other Bodies

Bryan Thwaites; R. E. Street

Physics Today 13 (12), 60–61 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056756

View articletitled, Incompressible Aerodynamics: An Account of the Theory and Observation of the Steady Flow of Incompressible Fluid Past Aerofoils, Wings, and Other Bodies

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Mechanik deformierbarer Körper

Max Päsler; Ellis H. Dill

Physics Today 13 (12), 61–62 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056757

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An Introduction to the Physics of Mass, Length and Time

Norman Feather; R. Bruce Lindsay

Physics Today 13 (12), 62 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056758

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Books Received

Physics Today 13 (12), 62–63 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056759

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Miscellany

Programs and Facilities

Physics Today 13 (12), 64–66 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056760

Abstract

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International

Physics Today 13 (12), 66–70 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056761

Abstract

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Grants and Fellowships

Physics Today 13 (12), 70–73 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056762

Abstract

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Awards

Physics Today 13 (12), 73–74 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056763

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Obituaries

Vladimir P. Lubovich

Albert A. Bartlett

Physics Today 13 (12), 74 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056764

Abstract

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C. E. Kenneth Mees

Physics Today 13 (12), 74–75 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056765

Abstract

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Morris F. Weinrich

Physics Today 13 (12), 75 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056766

Abstract

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We Hear That

We Hear That…

Physics Today 13 (12), 76–77 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056767

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Meetings

127th Meeting of AAAS

Physics Today 13 (12), 78 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056768

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Thermoelectric Energy Conversion

Physics Today 13 (12), 78–79 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056769

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Plasmas

Physics Today 13 (12), 79–80 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056770

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Spectroscopy

Physics Today 13 (12), 80 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056771

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Mass Spectrometry

Physics Today 13 (12), 80 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056772

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Acoustics

Physics Today 13 (12), 80 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056773

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Calendar

Physics Today 13 (12), 82–84 (1960); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3056774

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