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December 1974
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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The past and future of American astronomy
Physics Today 27 (12), 23–31 (1974);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3129032
Seventy‐five years ago, astronomy was full of promise and confusion, with new instruments, ingenious ideas, “paradoxers,” polemics—sometimes modern, but often sparse in physics.
Origins of the American Astronomical Society
Physics Today 27 (12), 32–39 (1974);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3129033
The date was 1899: Lick Observatory was a dozen years old, Yerkes brand‐new; astrophysics was a young but fast‐growing discipline, and the AAS held its inaugural meeting.
What can deuterium tell us?
Physics Today 27 (12), 41–47 (1974);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3129034
The recently observed relative abundance of this isotope in our galaxy may be a remnant of the fireball phase of the universe.
Books
Quantum Theory of Molecules and Solids Vol. 4: The Self‐Consistent Field for Molecules and Solids
Physics Today 27 (12), 49–50 (1974);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3129035
The Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor: An Environmental and Economic Critique
Physics Today 27 (12), 50–51 (1974);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3129036
Quantum Mechanics: Principles and Applications and Quantum Mechanics: New Approaches to Selected Topics
Physics Today 27 (12), 53–57 (1974);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3129039
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Editorial
A health sensor powered by sweat
Alex Lopatka
Origami-inspired robot folds into more than 1000 shapes
Jennifer Sieben
Careers by the numbers
Richard J. Fitzgerald