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Physics Today 35 (12), 9–82 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914912

Letters

Physics Today 35 (12), 11–13 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914871
Physics Today 35 (12), 13 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914873
Physics Today 35 (12), 15 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914874
Physics Today 35 (12), 15 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914875
Physics Today 35 (12), 15–85 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914876
Physics Today 35 (12), 85–87 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914905
Physics Today 35 (12), 87–90 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914906
Physics Today 35 (12), 90 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914907
Physics Today 35 (12), 90–91 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914908
Physics Today 35 (12), 91 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914909
Physics Today 35 (12), 91 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914910
Physics Today 35 (12), 91 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914911

Search and Discovery

Physics Today 35 (12), 17–19 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914877
Physics Today 35 (12), 19–21 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914878
Physics Today 35 (12), 21–22 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914879

Articles

Physics Today 35 (12), 24–31 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914880

Temperature is defined through thermodynamics, and values on practical temperature scales are derived from measurements with several thermometers based on fundamental thermodynamic or statistical‐mechanical principles.

Physics Today 35 (12), 36–40 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914881

Do we know enough to dispose safely of waste that will remain radioactive for tens of thousands of years, or will any disposal program inevitably end up as an albatross around the neck of future generations?

Physics Today 35 (12), 37–45 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914882

Do we know enough to dispose safely of waste that will remain radioactive for tens of thousands of years, or will any disposal program inevitably end up as an albatross around the neck of future generations?

Physics Today 35 (12), 46–51 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914883

The monochromaticity, directionality and intensity of laser light make possible spectroscopic investigations of previously unimagined precision whose results give hints of more new physics to come.

State and Society

Physics Today 35 (12), 53–54 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914884
Physics Today 35 (12), 54–55 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914885
Physics Today 35 (12), 55 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914886
Physics Today 35 (12), 55 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914887

Physics Community

Physics Today 35 (12), 55–56 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914888
Physics Today 35 (12), 56 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914889
Physics Today 35 (12), 56 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914890

Books

Physics Today 35 (12), 59–60 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914891
Physics Today 35 (12), 60–61 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914892
Physics Today 35 (12), 61–63 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914893
Physics Today 35 (12), 63–64 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914894

We Hear That

Physics Today 35 (12), 67–68 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914895
Physics Today 35 (12), 68–70 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914896
Physics Today 35 (12), 70–71 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914897

Obituaries

Physics Today 35 (12), 71–72 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914898
Physics Today 35 (12), 72–73 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914899
Physics Today 35 (12), 73 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914900
Physics Today 35 (12), 73–74 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914901
Physics Today 35 (12), 74 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914902
Physics Today 35 (12), 74–75 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914903

New Products

Physics Today 35 (12), 79–81 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914904

Editorial

Physics Today 35 (12), 120 (1982); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914872
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