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August 1979
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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The anomalous Hall effect
Physics Today 32 (8), 25–30 (1979);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2995668
Asymmetric scattering of current‐carrying electrons by magnetic atoms gives rise to a voltage that can serve as a sensitive and versatile measure of magnetic phenomena in metals.
People and publishing in China
Physics Today 32 (8), 32–39 (1979);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2995669
Education and research, after having been neglected during the Cultural Revolution, are once again receiving emphasis, aided by extensive reading and reprinting of Western scientific literature.
The AIP in 1978
Physics Today 32 (8), 43–50 (1979);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2995670
The Annual Report for 1978 tells of a successful defense of the Institute's tax‐exempt status and the relocation of several AIP divisions to Woodbury.
Books
Scientific Progress: A Philosophical Essay on the Economics of Research in Natural Science
Physics Today 32 (8), 55–56 (1979);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2995674
Theory of Planetary Atmospheres: An Introduction to Their Physics and Chemistry (Int. Geophysics Series, Vol. 22).
Physics Today 32 (8), 56–57 (1979);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2995675
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France’s Oppenheimer
William Sweet
Making qubits from magnetic molecules
Stephen Hill
Learning to see gravitational lenses
Sebastian Fernandez-Mulligan