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June 1970
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
Letters
Articles
Why there is a job shortage
Physics Today 23 (6), 21–26 (1970);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022159
Careful evaluation of trends in science‐manpower needs can indicate the best directions for research support and help us avoid future gaps between supply and demand.
Batavia accelerator—startup a year early?
Physics Today 23 (6), 29–32 (1970);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022160
There is a good chance the world's largest accelerator will begin operating a year ahead of schedule and at an energy of 500 GeV instead of 200 GeV.
Negative differential conductivity
Physics Today 23 (6), 35–41 (1970);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022161
The Gunn effect is only one of several interesting things that can happen when current decreases with increasing electric field in a semiconductor.
Report on AIP—1969
Physics Today 23 (6), 43–52 (1970);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022162
Publishing activities continued to grow, and efficient information retrieval is a step closer. Meanwhile, concern deepened over decreasing federal support and the looming job shortage.
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Books
The Swift Years: The Robert Oppenheimer Story; and The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial
Physics Today 23 (6), 67–69 (1970);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022196
Meetings
We Hear That
Obituaries
Calendar
Editorial
The lessons learned from ephemeral nuclei
Witold Nazarewicz; Lee G. Sobotka
FYI science policy briefs
Lindsay McKenzie; Jacob Taylor