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April 1980
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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The young Oppenheimer: letters and recollections
Physics Today 33 (4), 24–33 (1980);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914017
Correspondence with friends and colleagues and reminiscences—his own and others’—give insights into the development and character of an important physicist and public figure.
Detecting art forgeries
Physics Today 33 (4), 34–39 (1980);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914018
Physical methods available for identifying spurious works include ultraviolet, infrared and x‐ray imaging, neutron activation analysis and the measurement of isotopic ratios in pigments.
Physics and the APS in 1979
Physics Today 33 (4), 42–50 (1980);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914019
Only by active engagement in the affairs of society can we protect the principles we as physicists hold dear and thereby protect the health of our science and its value to future generations.
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Dalitz receives Oppenheimer Prize
Physics Today 33 (4), 67–68 (1980);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914032
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France’s Oppenheimer
William Sweet
Making qubits from magnetic molecules
Stephen Hill
Learning to see gravitational lenses
Sebastian Fernandez-Mulligan