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July 1986
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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Letters
Strategic Defense Initiative
Simon P. Worden; Robert Jastrow; Kent Peacock; Michael E. Green; Perry Lee Anthony; Sam Park; Albert G. Petschek; Robert Jastrow; Richard L. Garwin
Physics Today 39 (7), 13–96 (1986);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815072
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The Sentiment of the Unity of Physics
Physics Today 39 (7), 26–30 (1986);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881034
Our will to believe, in spite of strong arguments to the contrary, that our diverse activities are part of one noble effort lends historical meaning to our work and perhaps even helps to create unity.
Diffraction Gratings at the Mount Wilson Observatory
Physics Today 39 (7), 34–42 (1986);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881035
‘Engines’ capable of ruling hundreds of thousands of straight, parallel, equally spaced grooves within tolerances of only a few angstroms have led to advances in fields as different as quantum mechanics and astrophysics.
1985: A Year of Expanded Activities for AIP
Physics Today 39 (7), 51–58 (1986);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881036
This report surveys a period during which the Institute's activities grew both in the US and internationally, reflecting a recovery from the past decade's recession in science.
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France’s Oppenheimer
William Sweet
Making qubits from magnetic molecules
Stephen Hill
Learning to see gravitational lenses
Sebastian Fernandez-Mulligan