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Volume 15, Issue 12
December 1962
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ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699

Articles

Plasma physics symposium
D. R. Morey
Physics Today 15 (12), 21–22 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057900

The series of articles reviewing various aspects of the physics of plasmas which appear in the following pages is based on papers given at a special symposium held as part of the spring meeting of the New York State Section of the American Physical Society on April 13 and 14, 1962. The introductory remarks below are those of the Section's chairman, D. R. Morey.

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A chronology of plasma physics
W. P. Allis
Physics Today 15 (12), 22 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057901
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Development of plasma physics in the last 10 years
W. P. Allis
Physics Today 15 (12), 23–26 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057902
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Basic plasma theory—Kinetics
E. A. Frieman
Physics Today 15 (12), 28–30 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057903
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Electron and ion resonance in a plasma
S. J. Buchsbaum
Physics Today 15 (12), 32–36 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057904
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Propagation of waves in plasma
N. Marcuvitz
Physics Today 15 (12), 38–42 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057905
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Dynamics of plasmas
David Finkelstein
Physics Today 15 (12), 43–49 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057906
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Dissipation in high‐temperature plasmas
H. E. Petschek
Physics Today 15 (12), 50–54 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057907
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Honors and Awards

Nobel Prizes
Physics Today 15 (12), 56 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057908
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Optical Society Awards
Physics Today 15 (12), 57 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057909
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Rheology Award
Physics Today 15 (12), 57–58 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057910
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Debye Award
Physics Today 15 (12), 58 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057911
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Belfer Award
Physics Today 15 (12), 58 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057913
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Franklin Institute Medals
Physics Today 15 (12), 58–60 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057914
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Bigelow Medal
Physics Today 15 (12), 60 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057915
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Stratton Awards
Physics Today 15 (12), 60 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057916
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Radiation Protection Medal
Physics Today 15 (12), 60 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057917
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The Balzan Foundation
Physics Today 15 (12), 60 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057918
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Books

The New World, 1939/1946: Volume 1 of a History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission
Richard G. Hewlett; Oscar E. Anderson, Jr.; Arthur H. Snell
Physics Today 15 (12), 62–63 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057919
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Atomic and Molecular Processes
D. R. Bates; H. S. W. Massey; I. Amdur
Physics Today 15 (12), 63 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057920
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Elementary Quantum Field Theory
Ernest M. Henley; Walter Thirring; J. C. Polkinghorne
Physics Today 15 (12), 63–64 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057921
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Atomic Spectra
H. G. Kuhn; William F. Meggers
Physics Today 15 (12), 64 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057922
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Fundamental Problems in Statistical Mechanics
E. G. D. Cohen; Nandor L. Balazs
Physics Today 15 (12), 64–66 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057923
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Analogue Computation
R. W. Williams; Peter L. Balise
Physics Today 15 (12), 66 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057924
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Quantum Mechanics for Mathematicians and Physicists
Ernest Ikenberry; J. Gillis
Physics Today 15 (12), 66 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057925
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Orthogonal Polynomials
L. Ya. Geronimus; T. Teichmann
Physics Today 15 (12), 66–68 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057926
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Theoretical Physics
Gerhard A. Blass; Jacques E. Romain
Physics Today 15 (12), 68–70 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057927
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Encyclopedia of Physics, Volume XI/I, Acoustics I
S. Flügge; Hans Jaffe
Physics Today 15 (12), 70–72 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057928
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Thermophysics
Allen L. King; Stuart A. Rice
Physics Today 15 (12), 72–74 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057930
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Advances in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 1
Zdeněk Kopal; Otto Struve
Physics Today 15 (12), 74 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057931
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Elementary Modern Physics
Richard T. Weidner; Robert L. Sells; Fay Ajzenberg‐Selove
Physics Today 15 (12), 74 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057932
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
R. Bruce Lindsay
Physics Today 15 (12), 74 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057933
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Books Received
Physics Today 15 (12), 76 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057934
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Publishing News

Collections
Physics Today 15 (12), 78 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057935
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Journals
Physics Today 15 (12), 78–79 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057936
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Bibliographies
Physics Today 15 (12), 79 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057937
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Science Education

Loyalty Affidavit
Physics Today 15 (12), 80 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057938
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Grants and Fellowships
Physics Today 15 (12), 80–81 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057939
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Summer Programs
Physics Today 15 (12), 81 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057940
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Letters

Testing
H. H. Barschall
Physics Today 15 (12), 82 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057941
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Material on Michelson Wanted
William D. Stevens
Physics Today 15 (12), 82 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057942
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We Hear That

We Hear That
Physics Today 15 (12), 84–86 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057943
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Obituaries

James P. C. Southall
Physics Today 15 (12), 88 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057944
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James Fisher
Physics Today 15 (12), 88 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057945
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Walter F. Grasse
Physics Today 15 (12), 88 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057946
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William W. Coblentz
Physics Today 15 (12), 88 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057947
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Fred F. Householder
Physics Today 15 (12), 88–89 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057948
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John H. Cloud
Physics Today 15 (12), 89 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057949
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Earl Rouse Glenn
Physics Today 15 (12), 89 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057950
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Werner Leszynski
Physics Today 15 (12), 89 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057952
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Meetings

Quantum Chemistry and the Solid State
Herbert A. Pohl
Physics Today 15 (12), 90–92 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057953
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Calorimetry Conference
J. A. Morrison
Physics Today 15 (12), 92–94 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057954
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Spectroscopy
Physics Today 15 (12), 94–96 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057955
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Engineering for Research
Physics Today 15 (12), 96 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057956
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Residual Gases in Electron Tubes
Physics Today 15 (12), 96 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057957
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Optical Society
Physics Today 15 (12), 96–98 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057958
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Radioisotope Applications
Physics Today 15 (12), 98 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057959
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Optical Masers
Physics Today 15 (12), 98–100 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057960
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Rare Earths
Physics Today 15 (12), 100 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057897
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Radiation Sources in Industry
Physics Today 15 (12), 100 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057898
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Calendars

Calendar
Physics Today 15 (12), 103–112 (1962); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3057899
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