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June 1975
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
Letters
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Articles
Physics in 1975—new problems and insights
Physics Today 28 (6), 23–30 (1975);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3069002
The retiring president of APS assesses future trends in employment and need for government support, and offers his own analysis of the new fundamental particles.
Light as a fundamental particle
Physics Today 28 (6), 32–37 (1975);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3069003
The question of whether the photon is “special” leads to some remarkable conclusions about the interactions of matter and about the underlying symmetry of nature.
X‐ray lasers
Physics Today 28 (6), 40–48 (1975);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3069004
Experiments with high‐power lasers may soon demonstrate stimulated emission of x rays; future devices could have far‐reaching impacts on chemistry, biology and crystallography.
Books
Kinetic and Nonsteady‐State Effects in Superconductors and Critical Currents in Superconductors
Physics Today 28 (6), 50–51 (1975);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3069006
Superconducting Machines and Devices: Large Systems Applications
Physics Today 28 (6), 56–57 (1975);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3069012
APS News
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Obituaries
Editorial
The lessons learned from ephemeral nuclei
Witold Nazarewicz; Lee G. Sobotka
FYI science policy briefs
Lindsay McKenzie; Jacob Taylor