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March 1983
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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Arms‐limitation strategies
Physics Today 36 (3), 24–30 (1983);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915532
Treaties, protocols, international conventions and unilateral restraint, while not true solutions, can buy time and move us in the right direction.
Effects of nuclear weapons
Physics Today 36 (3), 32–41 (1983);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915533
An understanding of the technical details—thermal radiation, shock or blast wave, nuclear radiation—makes for more effective participation in the debate.
The nuclear arsenals of the US and USSR
Physics Today 36 (3), 43–49 (1983);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915534
A survey of the particulars of the arms race—what kinds of weapons are there and how do US and Soviet arsenals compare?
Teaching about the arms race
Physics Today 36 (3), 52–59 (1983);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915535
What physicists can do as individuals to help provide their students and the public with the technical information needed to understand the issues involved in the nuclear cold war.
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Books
Irreversible Thermodynamics and Thermodynamics, Statistical Physics and Kinetics
Physics Today 36 (3), 70–71 (1983);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915546
Exploratorium Cookbook II: A Construction Manual for Exploratorium Exhibits and Physiological Optics
Physics Today 36 (3), 74 (1983);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915549
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The lessons learned from ephemeral nuclei
Witold Nazarewicz; Lee G. Sobotka
FYI science policy briefs
Lindsay McKenzie; Jacob Taylor