It's getting harder for new PhD's to fit into a declining job market. At the same time, industrial employers are complaining about their overspecialization and disdain for applied research.

Abstract

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Can equations of motion be used in high‐energy physics?

P. A. M. Dirac

Physics Today 23 (4), 29–31 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022063

The formalism that has been so successful for classical physics might lead to a useful, as well as aesthetically pleasing, theory of particles.

Abstract

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The stability of the bicycle

David E. H. Jones

Physics Today 23 (4), 34–40 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022064

Tired of quantum electrodynamics, Brillouin zones, Regge poles? Try this old, unsolved problem in dynamics—how does a bike work?

Abstract

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Magnetic resonance in biology

Kurt Wüthrich; Robert G. Shulman

Physics Today 23 (4), 43–50 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022065

High‐resolution proton nuclear magnetic‐resonance spectroscopy leads to new insights in structure–function relations in heme proteins.

Abstract

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Search and Discovery

Josephson Detectors Make Astronomical Observations

Gloria B. Lubkin

Physics Today 23 (4), 55–56 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022066

Abstract

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A Visit with Paul McDaniel of the AEC

Gloria B. Lubkin

Physics Today 23 (4), 56–59 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022067

Abstract

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State and Society

Government Interest in Technology Assessment Grows

Physics Today 23 (4), 61–62 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022068

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DuBridge, McElroy, Daddario Comment on Budget Prospects

Physics Today 23 (4), 62 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022069

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Summer Institute at Maryland Planned for Black Teachers

Physics Today 23 (4), 62–63 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022070

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AAPT Creates Executive Office; AIP and AAPT to Pick Up CCP

Theodora Johnides

Physics Today 23 (4), 63 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022071

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Sponsor Seeks To Widen Scope Of Senior Fulbright Program

Physics Today 23 (4), 63 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022072

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NRC Study Finds ‘Postdocs’ Have Achieved Institutional Status

Physics Today 23 (4), 63 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022073

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Glassgold Heads Department At New York University

Physics Today 23 (4), 63 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022074

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University of Texas at Dallas Takes Over from Southwest Center

Physics Today 23 (4), 63–65 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022075

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AAS Asks Members to Help Improve Astronomy Education

Physics Today 23 (4), 65 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022076

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NASA Panel Asks Doubling Of Space Astronomy Funds

Physics Today 23 (4), 65 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022077

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In Brief

Physics Today 23 (4), 65 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022078

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Books

Relativity Theory: Its Origins and Impact On Modern Thought

L. Pearce Williams; Peter G. Bergmann

Physics Today 23 (4), 67 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022079

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The Big Machine

Robert Jungk; Donald Eccleshall

Physics Today 23 (4), 67–68 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022080

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Annual Review of Astronomy And Astrophysics

Leo Goldberg; David Layzer; John G. Phillips; Freeman J. Dyson

Physics Today 23 (4), 68–69 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022081

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Fundamentals of Electricity and Magnetism

Arthur F. Kip; James B. Kelley

Physics Today 23 (4), 69 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022082

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Lecons sur la Theorie des Groupes et les Symétries Des Particules Elementaires and Group Theory and Its Applications

H. Bacry; Ernest M. Loebl; M. A. Rashid

Physics Today 23 (4), 69–71 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022083

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The Collected Works of Count Rumford, Vol. 1: The Nature of Heat

Sanborn C. Brown; Robert S. Shankland

Physics Today 23 (4), 71 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022084

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The Game of Science

Garvin McCain; Erwin Segal; Eugenie V. Mielczarek

Physics Today 23 (4), 71–73 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022085

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Spectral Properties of Disordered Chains And Lattices

J. Hori; Philip Taylor

Physics Today 23 (4), 73 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022086

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Linear Operators for Quantum Mechanics

Thomas F. Jordan; Garrison Sposito

Physics Today 23 (4), 73 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022087

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Elements of Nuclear Physics

Walter E. Meyerhof; Henry S. Valk

Physics Today 23 (4), 73–76 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022088

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Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Charged and Polarized Layers, Vol. 10

A. Sanfeld; Stuart A. Rice

Physics Today 23 (4), 76 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022089

View articletitled, Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Charged and Polarized Layers, Vol. 10

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New Books

Physics Today 23 (4), 76–77 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022090

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Meetings

Pessimists and Optimists Discuss Superconductivity at Stanford

Brian B. Schwartz

Physics Today 23 (4), 79–83 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022091

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We Hear That

Physics Today 23 (4), 85–87 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3072488

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1970 Charles Goodyear Medal Goes to Samuel D. Gehman

Physics Today 23 (4), 87 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022092

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Hess, McIlwan, Receive AIAA Awards at Honors Banquet

Physics Today 23 (4), 87 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022093

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Royal Netherlands Academy Honors Francis Bundy of GE

Physics Today 23 (4), 87 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022094

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Physicists Are Winners of NSF Fellowships

Physics Today 23 (4), 87 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022095

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Robert Gilruth, John Evans Win Public Service Awards

Physics Today 23 (4), 87 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022096

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Dennis Gabor Honored For Discovery Of Holography

Physics Today 23 (4), 87–89 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022097

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Obituaries

Alexander Goetz Receives Award Just Two Days Before His Death

Physics Today 23 (4), 89 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022098

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Winston L. Hole Was Teacher, Researcher, Administrator

Physics Today 23 (4), 89 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022099

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Calendar

Physics Today 23 (4), 91–100 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022100

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Editorial

Devil's Advocate 1970

Harold L. Davis

Physics Today 23 (4), 104 (1970); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022055

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