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July 1978
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
Letters
RMP reviews
Irving P. Herman; David Pines; E. D. Commins; H. P. Furth; B. I. Halperin; R. W. Keyes; E. Lieb; E. E. Salpeter; S. B. Treiman; G. K. Walters; J. Weneser
Physics Today 31 (7), 13–15 (1978);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2995097
Search and Discovery
Articles
Heisenberg's first paper
In Special Collection:
Quantum archive
Physics Today 31 (7), 23–28 (1978);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2995102
How much traditional physics did the twenty‐year‐old student propose to sacrifice to explain the Zeeman splittings—integral quantum numbers, angular‐momentum conservation, radiation theory….?
A peril and a hope
Physics Today 31 (7), 30–34 (1978);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2995103
With the discovery of fission mankind entrained cosmic forces with human irrationality; we must face the problem of reducing the tens of thousands of nuclear bombs ready to be released in seconds.
Graphite intercalation compounds
Physics Today 31 (7), 36–45 (1978);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2995104
Substances that diffuse into the interlayer spaces of graphite change its properties dramatically, leading both to potential practical applications and to interesting physical and chemical phenomena.
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France’s Oppenheimer
William Sweet
Making qubits from magnetic molecules
Stephen Hill
Learning to see gravitational lenses
Sebastian Fernandez-Mulligan