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Volume 14, Issue 9
September 1961
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ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699

Articles

2nd Symposium on the engineering aspects of magnetohydrodynamics
G. W. Sutton; Per Gloersen
Physics Today 14 (9), 18–21 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057728

a conference report

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New developments in high‐magnetic field research
Francis Bitter
Physics Today 14 (9), 22–28 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057729

An article based on the Thirtieth Joseph Henry Lecture of The Philosophical Society of Washington delivered on May 12, 1961. This address is included in Volume 16 of the archival Bulletin of the Society.

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How to attract more girls to high school physics
Katharine Way; Mary E. Warga; Mary Louise Robbins
Physics Today 14 (9), 30–31 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057730
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Systematic errors in physical constants
W. J. Youden
Physics Today 14 (9), 32–43 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057731

The author is a consultant to the National Bureau of Standards on the statistical and mathematical design of experiments in physics, chemistry, and engineering. Dr. Youden joined NBS in 1948.

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Fluctuations in solids
James J. Brophy
Physics Today 14 (9), 44–47 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057732
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Awards

E. O. Lawrence Memorial Award
Physics Today 14 (9), 48 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057733
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Navy Award
Physics Today 14 (9), 48 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057734
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Alexander Hamilton Award
Physics Today 14 (9), 48 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057735
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Godlove Award
Physics Today 14 (9), 48 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057736
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George Ledlie Prize
Physics Today 14 (9), 48 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057737
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Books

Field Theory of Guided Waves
Robert E. Collin; Howard Chang
Physics Today 14 (9), 50–51 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057738
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The Fundamental Atomic Constants
J. H. Sanders; William F. Meggers
Physics Today 14 (9), 51 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057739
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Theoretical Physics in the Twentieth Century
M. Fierz; V. F. Weisskopf; Nandor L. Balazs
Physics Today 14 (9), 51 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057740
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Advances in X‐Ray Analysis
William M. Mueller; H. A. Liebhafsky
Physics Today 14 (9), 51–52 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057741
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Open Vistas
Henry Margenau; George A. Baitsell; R. Bruce Lindsay
Physics Today 14 (9), 52–53 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057742
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Optics of Thin Films
A. Vašíček; H. Watney‐Kaczér; Nicholas Chako
Physics Today 14 (9), 53–54 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057743
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Introduction to the Theory of Ionized Gases
J. L. Delcroix; Melville Clark, Jr.; David J. BenDaniel; Judith M. BenDaniel; R. E. Marshak; Rolf Landshoff
Physics Today 14 (9), 54–56 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057744
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Nuclear Physics and Instrumentation and Physics in Nuclear Energy
Joseph G. Hoffman
Physics Today 14 (9), 56–58 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057745
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Impact
Werner Goldsmith; J. M. Walsh
Physics Today 14 (9), 58–60 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057746
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Hypersonic Flow
A. R. Collar; J. Tinkler; Allen I. Ormsbee
Physics Today 14 (9), 60–62 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057747
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The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution
C. P. Snow; Roman Smoluchowski
Physics Today 14 (9), 62–63 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057748
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Abhandlungen aus dem Fritz‐Haber‐Institut, Vol. 36 (1959)
L. Marton
Physics Today 14 (9), 63 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057749
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Techniques of Non‐Destructive Testing
C. A. Hogarth; J. Blitz; Walter G. Mayer
Physics Today 14 (9), 63–64 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057750
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An Introduction to Linear Programming and the Theory of Games
S. Vajda; George W. Evans, II
Physics Today 14 (9), 64–65 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057751
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Advances in Space Science, Volume 2
Frederick I. Ordway, III; S. F. Singer
Physics Today 14 (9), 65–66 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057752
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Les Séries et leur Application à la Résolution de divers Problèmes pratiques d'Analyse mathématique, Volume 2
C. Meynart; J. Gillis
Physics Today 14 (9), 66 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057753
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The Passage Problem for a Stationary Markov Chain
J. H. B. Kemperman; George Weiss
Physics Today 14 (9), 66 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057754
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An Introduction to the Theory of Vibrating Systems
W. G. Bickley; A. Talbot; T. Teichmann
Physics Today 14 (9), 66 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057755
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Books Received
Physics Today 14 (9), 68–69 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057756
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Publishing News

Journals
Physics Today 14 (9), 70 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057757
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Compilations
Physics Today 14 (9), 70–72 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057758
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Societies

New OSA Treasurer
Physics Today 14 (9), 74 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057759
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AAPT Activities
Physics Today 14 (9), 74 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057760
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The Academies
Physics Today 14 (9), 74–75 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057761
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Affiliation Offered
Physics Today 14 (9), 75 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057762
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IPPS Officers
Physics Today 14 (9), 75 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057763
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Science Education

Fellowships and Grants
Physics Today 14 (9), 76–78 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057764
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Equipment and Laboratories
Physics Today 14 (9), 78–79 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057765
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Research Facilities and Programs

Magnets
Physics Today 14 (9), 80 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057766
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Anglo‐Soviet Exchange Agreement
Physics Today 14 (9), 80 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057767
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Space Work
Physics Today 14 (9), 80–81 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057768
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Accelerators
Physics Today 14 (9), 81 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057769
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Berkeley Radiotelescope
Physics Today 14 (9), 81–82 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057770
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Time Signal Adjustment
Physics Today 14 (9), 82 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057771
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AFOSR Research Grants
Physics Today 14 (9), 82 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057772
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Obituaries

Sir Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishanan
Physics Today 14 (9), 84 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057773
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Morton Scharff
Werner Brandt
Physics Today 14 (9), 84 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057774
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E. Allan Williams
Physics Today 14 (9), 84 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057776
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We Hear That

We Hear That
Physics Today 14 (9), 86–87 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057777
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Meetings

Nuclear Science
Physics Today 14 (9), 88 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057778
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Vacuum Science and Technology
Physics Today 14 (9), 88 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057779
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Geomagnetics
Physics Today 14 (9), 88 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057780
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Solid‐State Circuits
Physics Today 14 (9), 88 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057781
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Spectroscopy and Chemistry
Physics Today 14 (9), 88–90 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057782
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Reactor Physics
Physics Today 14 (9), 90 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057783
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Radiation Physics
Physics Today 14 (9), 90 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057784
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Rarefied Gas Dynamics
Physics Today 14 (9), 90 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057785
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Calendar

Calendar
Physics Today 14 (9), 92–96 (1961); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057786
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