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March 1981
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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Ralph A. Alpher; Paul S. Wesson; Arthur R. Wagner; Paul Wesson; Grote Reber; Harry L. Shipman; R. D. Davies; Paul Wesson; Herbert Malamud; Halton Arp
Physics Today 34 (3), 11–78 (1981);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914462
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Science, technology and human rights
Physics Today 34 (3), 27–33 (1981);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914467
A Congressman warns that scientists must press vigorously for the protection of all human rights—civil, political, economic, social and cultural—not just for humanitarian reasons, but for self‐preservation as well.
High‐resolution analytical electron microscopy
Physics Today 34 (3), 34–44 (1981);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914468
One can use elastically and inelastically scattered electrons and x rays from a sample illuminated by an electron beam to determine the composition and structure of extremely small regions of the sample.
The future of nuclear energy
Physics Today 34 (3), 48–56 (1981);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914469
A major commitment to nuclear power is possible only if the probability of a plant‐disabling accident can be further reduced and the public is able to accept relatively remote risks to health.
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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