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Volume 2, Issue 8
August 1949
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ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699

Letters to the Editor

Applegazing
H. B. Wahlin
Physics Today 2 (8), 3 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066617
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To Prevent Misunderstanding
Lyman Spitzer, Jr.; William A. Higinbotham; Arthur S. Wightman; Donald R. Hamilton; David Bohm; Roy Britten; Robert R. Bush; Elmer G. Butler; Albert Einstein; Luther P. Eisenhart; Samuel A. Goudsmit; M. Stanley Livingston; Stuart Mudd; David Pines; Oswald Veblen; Irving Wolff
Physics Today 2 (8), 3 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066618
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Articles

The origin of cosmic radiation
Edward Teller
Physics Today 2 (8), 6–13 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066619

Cosmic ray research has been among the liveliest and most controversial subjects of pure physics in recent years. At a meeting in England last year the author submitted for discussion a theory that cosmic radiation originated within our own solar system. He explains it here.

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Acoustics and modern physics
Philip M. Morse
Physics Today 2 (8), 14–17 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066586

Early in May, 1949 the Acoustical Society of America held its twentieth anniversary meeting and in recognition of current attitudes grouped its papers functionally. With the main theme “Acoustics and Man,” acoustics was discussed in relation to the arts, to health and comfort, to communications, and to research. This article is taken from an invited paper.

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Dangerous currents in the surf
Francis P. Shepard
Physics Today 2 (8), 20–29 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066590

Rip currents, not undertow, can sweep the unwary swimmer seaward. Knowing how to spot these rips, and what to do if caught in a strong one, may help a swimmer save his life.

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Books

Physical Aspects of Colour
Pieter Johannes Bouma; M. H. Pirenne; David L. MacAdam
Physics Today 2 (8), 18–19 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066587
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High Polymer Physics, A Symposium
Howard A. Robinson; Bruno H. Zimm
Physics Today 2 (8), 19 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066588
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Books Received
Physics Today 2 (8), 19 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066589
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News and Views

Acoustics and Man
J. C. Steinberg
Physics Today 2 (8), 30 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066591

Twentieth anniversary meeting

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n Equals One
K. K. Darrow
Physics Today 2 (8), 30–32 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066592

Semi‐centennial of APS

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Automatic Librarian
Physics Today 2 (8), 32 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066593

Rapid selector being tested

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Translated from the Russian
Physics Today 2 (8), 32 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066594

Brookhaven compiles guide to periodical literature

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Harvard Synchrocyclotron Dedicated
Physics Today 2 (8), 32 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066596

Third largest in operation

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A Road to Survival
Physics Today 2 (8), 32–33 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066597

Conference on resources

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Instrument Clinic
Physics Today 2 (8), 33 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066598

Precedes instrument conference

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Semiconductors
Physics Today 2 (8), 33 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066600

Conference announced

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Correction
Physics Today 2 (8), 33 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066601

Guggenheim grant in physics

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Society Activities
Physics Today 2 (8), 33 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066602

New board of governors at Argonne; Chicago Physics Club.

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Obituaries

George H. Henderson
Physics Today 2 (8), 33 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066603
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Preston S. Millar
Physics Today 2 (8), 33 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066604
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Van L. Nixon
Physics Today 2 (8), 33 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066605
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Journal Notes

Meson Creation
L. I. Schiff
Physics Today 2 (8), 34 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066606
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Science and Music
Wilmer T. Bartholomew
Physics Today 2 (8), 34 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066607
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Large Cloud Chamber
E. W. Cowan
Physics Today 2 (8), 34–35 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066608
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Hearing Thunder
Robert G. Fleagle
Physics Today 2 (8), 35 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066609
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Visual Color Standard
D. H. Hamly
Physics Today 2 (8), 35 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066610
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Molecular Symmetry Coordinates
J. Rud Nielsen; L. H. Berryman
Physics Today 2 (8), 35 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066611
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Pulse Height Analyzer
Dean A. Watkins
Physics Today 2 (8), 35–37 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066612
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Frequency Band Designations
Physics Today 2 (8), 37 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066614
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Calendar of Events

Calendar of Events
Physics Today 2 (8), 37 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066615
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Whereabouts

Whereabouts
Physics Today 2 (8), 39 (1949); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3066616
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