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February 1988
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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An Outsider's Inside View of the Challenger Inquiry
Physics Today 41 (2), 26–37 (1988);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881143
In the course of diagnosing the technical causes of the Challenger space shuttle disaster, the author also formed some impressions of NASA and became acquainted with some of the pitfalls of participation in an official investigation.
Edmond Halley, Geophysicist
Physics Today 41 (2), 41–45 (1988);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881144
Famous for the comet that bears his name and for his efforts in getting Newton's Principia published, Halley was a founding father of geophysics holding a special interest in geomagnetism.
Roundtable: Physics Research in Industry
Physics Today 41 (2), 54–67 (1988);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881145
PHYSICS TODAY convened eight men with broad perspectives on institutional research to exchange views on matters ranging from international technological competitiveness to physics education
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Books
Reminiscences about a Great Physicist: Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac and Tributes to Paul Dirac
Physics Today 41 (2), 84–86 (1988);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2811324
Uranometria 2000.0, Volume 1: The Northern Hemisphere to
Physics Today 41 (2), 88–91 (1988);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2811327
