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July 1970
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
Letters
Articles
The future evolution of the computer
Physics Today 23 (7), 22–28 (1970);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022229
Internal‐logic devices have set the pace in the past and could be the key to further development.
Computer display systems
Physics Today 23 (7), 30–36 (1970);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022230
A single picture may be worth a thousand words. Physicists are learning to make better use of computer graphics in problem setting and solving.
Shopping for a time‐sharing service
Physics Today 23 (7), 40–44 (1970);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022231
Now that many firms rent time on computers, physics departments may find the prices of these services well within their budgets and computer skills soon within their grasp.
Novel applications of computers
Physics Today 23 (7), 49–52 (1970);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022232
Encouraged by the availability of computers and challenged by particular problems, physicists have discovered new ways to use these powerful machines
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Semiconductors and Semimetals, Vol. 4: Physics of III–V Compounds
Physics Today 23 (7), 76 (1970);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022262
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Calendar
Editorial
Going with the flow in unstable surroundings
Savannah D. Gowen; Thomas E. Videbæk; Sidney R. Nagel
Measuring violin resonances
Elizabeth M. Wood
Focus on cryogenics, vacuum equipment, materials, and semiconductors
Andreas Mandelis