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October 1979
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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A physicist in biomedical investigation
Physics Today 32 (10), 25–29 (1979);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2995239
There are many opportunities for collaborative efforts in physics and medicine; the radioimmunoassay, for example, was developed in one such effort.
The electric lamp: 100 years of applied physics
Physics Today 32 (10), 32–40 (1979);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2995240
Since Edison's success, progress in physics and in materials science has produced much more efficient and powerful incandescent sources as well as lamps based on gas discharges and luminescence.
Resonances in atoms and molecules
Physics Today 32 (10), 44–49 (1979);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2995241
Despite some early indications, largely ignored, resonances in the scattering of electrons by atoms and molecules were unknown until the work of George Schulz in the early 1960's.
Meeting
Boston hosts Plasma Physics meeting
Physics Today 32 (10), 51–52 (1979);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2995242
Books
Electron Spectroscopy: Theory, Techniques, and Applications, Volume 2.
Physics Today 32 (10), 62–66 (1979);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2995244
We Hear That
Graessley receives Bingham Medal
Physics Today 32 (10), 78–79 (1979);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2995252
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Editorial
Going with the flow in unstable surroundings
Savannah D. Gowen; Thomas E. Videbæk; Sidney R. Nagel
Measuring violin resonances
Elizabeth M. Wood
Focus on cryogenics, vacuum equipment, materials, and semiconductors
Andreas Mandelis