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October 1982
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
Guest Comment
Letters
Creationism discussion continues
Harry W. Ellis; Robert V. Gentry; T. Raya Halemane; J. Willits Lane; John E. Beach; Kevin G. Smith; Burton H. Voorhees; Robert L. Dunning; Alvin Radkowsky
Physics Today 35 (10), 11–110 (1982);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914783
Grass‐roots science education
Physics Today 35 (10), 122–124 (1982);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914784
Search and Discovery
Articles
Some physics not in The Physical Review
Physics Today 35 (10), 24–29 (1982);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914789
Reminiscences from Berkeley in the 1930s, a period in which a small group of very young scientists stumbled into greatness, revolutionizing the way physics is done.
Chandrasekhar vs. Eddington—an unanticipated confrontation
Physics Today 35 (10), 33–40 (1982);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914790
For many years astronomers did not accept the validity of a young scientist's application of the new physics because it was ridiculed by a preeminent astronomer.
Communication in physics—the use of journals
Physics Today 35 (10), 43–47 (1982);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914791
Surveys and analysis reveal the interests of readers, authors, publishers and libraries, and indicate that the “electronic journal” may be feasible.
State and Society
National Academy study reassesses climate link
Physics Today 35 (10), 49–50 (1982);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914792
Physics Community
Meetings
Books
We Hear That
Obituaries
New Products
Editorial
The lessons learned from ephemeral nuclei
Witold Nazarewicz; Lee G. Sobotka
FYI science policy briefs
Lindsay McKenzie; Jacob Taylor