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July 1975
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
Letters
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Articles
Nuclear proliferation‐thirty years after Hiroshima
Physics Today 28 (7), 23–29 (1975);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3069051
The winner of the Leo Szilard Award re‐examines a 30‐year‐old position—that the only way to ensure an atom‐bomb‐free future is by strict international control over fissionable materials and their means of production.
Ultrashort phenomena
Physics Today 28 (7), 30–37 (1975);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3069052
Picosecond laser pulses are the key to several new techniques for studying very rapid transient states that are being used by experimentalists in biophysics, plasmas and condensed‐state physics.
Nuclear reactor safety—the APS submits its report
Physics Today 28 (7), 38–43 (1975);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3069053
Although the study group notes that power reactors have an excellent safety record, the group recommends additional studies beyond the scheduled research programs to achieve the needed level of confidence.
Books
We Hear That
Heavenly namesake for Fred Whipple
Physics Today 28 (7), 56–57 (1975);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3069069
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Editorial
The lessons learned from ephemeral nuclei
Witold Nazarewicz; Lee G. Sobotka
FYI science policy briefs
Lindsay McKenzie; Jacob Taylor