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February 1973
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
Letters
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Articles
Modern ergodic theory
Physics Today 26 (2), 23–29 (1973);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3127948
There is much more to the mathematical study of Gibbs ensembles than the question of whether or not time averages and ensemble averages are equal
Optics as scattering
Physics Today 26 (2), 32–38 (1973);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3127949
The art of deriving information about an object from the radiation it scatters, once limited to visible light, now includes much of modern physical research.
Acoustics as a physical science
Physics Today 26 (2), 40–47 (1973);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3127950
Acoustics flourishes, despite the tendency of outsiders to regard “true” acoustics as minute and relatively unimportant, with any significant work considered part of some other discipline.
