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June 1979
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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Physics of rapidly rotating nuclei
Physics Today 32 (6), 25–30 (1979);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2995584
The study of nuclei with high angular momenta illuminates nuclear shell structure, the collective, often superfluid, motion of nucleons, and elastic deformation of nuclei.
Debate on SALT II
Physics Today 32 (6), 32–38 (1979);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2995585
At PHYSICS TODAY's invitation, two physicists with opposing views on the proposed Strategic Arms Limitation Talks discuss the arguments for and against US approval.
Jean Perrin and the reorganization of science
Physics Today 32 (6), 42–51 (1979);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2995586
A group of French scientists, dissatisfied with the bureaucratic organization of higher education, made use of the shifting politics of the 1930's to set up the CNRS.
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