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January 1976
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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Articles
Evolution of red‐giant stars
Physics Today 29 (1), 25–32 (1976);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3023252
Thermal instabilities in helium‐burning shells are linked to the origin of certain elements heavier than iron—in one star the surface abundances of these elements increased by 25 times in the last ten years.
APS–AAPT return to New York
Physics Today 29 (1), 35–41 (1976);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3023259
Sessions on new ideas in physics education, women in physics and the Golden Anniversary of the discovery of electron spin will be featured at the joint meeting.
Promising areas of research in the computer industry
Physics Today 29 (1), 54–61 (1976);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3023260
Improved data entry and output methods, increased computing speed and advances in process manufacturing techniques all demand applied research in such areas as surface physics and polymer chemistry.
Books
Digital Signal Processing and Theory and Application of Digital Signal Processing
Physics Today 29 (1), 63–64 (1976);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3023261
Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume 4: Relativistic Quantum Theory
Physics Today 29 (1), 64–68 (1976);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3023263
Science Policy Making in the United States and the Batavia Accelerator
Physics Today 29 (1), 68–70 (1976);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3023264
Image Science: Principles, Analysis and Evaluation of Photographic‐type Imaging Processes
Physics Today 29 (1), 71–72 (1976);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3023267
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The lessons learned from ephemeral nuclei
Witold Nazarewicz; Lee G. Sobotka
FYI science policy briefs
Lindsay McKenzie; Jacob Taylor