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January 1983
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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Alfred Lee Loomis—last great amateur of science
Physics Today 36 (1), 25–34 (1983);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915442
This multimillionaire banker, who for years led a double life, spending days on Wall Street and evenings and weekends in his private physics laboratory, became one of the most influential physicists of the century.
The Nuclear Freeze: The freeze and the counterforce race
Physics Today 36 (1), 36–49 (1983);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915443
The deployment of nuclear weapons that contribute to first‐strike capabilities is destabilizing and must stop now
The Nuclear Freeze: The freeze—deep or shallow?
Physics Today 36 (1), 37–45 (1983);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915444
The freeze proposals are misdirected and will not help do what needs to be done to prevent nuclear war
Frequency measurements of optical radiation
Physics Today 36 (1), 52–57 (1983);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915445
By using nonlinear devices to mix signals and comparing the resulting beats with microwave signals whose frequency is known, one can count directly the oscillations of visible light.
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Edward Bagley wins Bingham Medal
Physics Today 36 (1), 91–92 (1983);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915460
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The lessons learned from ephemeral nuclei
Witold Nazarewicz; Lee G. Sobotka
FYI science policy briefs
Lindsay McKenzie; Jacob Taylor