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February 1986
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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Newton and the Infinite Universe
Physics Today 39 (2), 24–32 (1986);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881049
Newton said that if the starry heavens were of finite extent they would “fall down to the middle” and there “compose one great spherical mass,” yet he avoided calculating the time for gravitational collapse.
New Technology for Science: Where Will it Come From?
Physics Today 39 (2), 35–39 (1986);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881050
Furthering scientific excellence at all levels is a Federal mission; like other missions it deserves support for fundamental engineering research.
Einstein and Germany
Physics Today 39 (2), 40–49 (1986);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881051
The native German physicist, unlike many of his colleagues, had an early antipathy to German nationalism, so that for him, Hitlerism was a confirmation of an earlier intuition.
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Books
Spinors and Space‐Time, Volume I: Two‐Spinor Calculus and Relativistic Fields
Physics Today 39 (2), 72–73 (1986);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2814899
Molecular Semiconductors: Photoelectrical Properties and Solar Cells
Physics Today 39 (2), 75–76 (1986);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2814901
Medical Physics, Volume III: Synapse, Neuron, Brain
Physics Today 39 (2), 76–77 (1986);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2814902
