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April 1977
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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J. J. Thomson and the Bohr atom
Physics Today 30 (4), 23–30 (1977);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037496
Far from being merely “scientific curiosities,” J. J. Thomson's seemingly naive models actually contained some of the fundamental ideas of Niels Bohr's revolutionary quantum theory of the atom.
Physics in 1976—a personal account
Physics Today 30 (4), 33–41 (1977);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037497
The 1976 term of the President of The American Physical Society—“a somewhat opinionated and anecdotal revelation, with reflections on the physicist's image and role in society.”
The future of unified gauge theories
In Special Collection:
Quantum archive
Physics Today 30 (4), 42–50 (1977);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037498
Having unified the weak and electromagnetic and perhaps the strong interactions, gauge theories now point towards key roles for Higgs bosons, and possible particles with masses as high as
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The lessons learned from ephemeral nuclei
Witold Nazarewicz; Lee G. Sobotka
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Lindsay McKenzie; Jacob Taylor