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March 1988
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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Letters
Electron‐Phonon Interaction and High
Physics Today 41 (3), 11–13 (1988);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2811337
A Modern Test for the Ether?
Physics Today 41 (3), 132–134 (1988);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2811371
Search and Discovery
Nuclear Matter in Extremis Sought with Ultrarelativistic Heavy‐Ion Beams
Physics Today 41 (3), 17–21 (1988);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2811341
Articles
Cosmology from Robertson to Today
Physics Today 41 (3), 27–29 (1988);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881146
In a retrospective look at a simpler universe of cosmological ideas, a Soviet cosmologist emphasizes the seminal contributions of the American cosmologist H. P. Robertson.
Getting out the Word: An Insider's View of Physical Review Letters
Physics Today 41 (3), 32–37 (1988);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881147
‘Why did my last manuscript take almost four months to get through the editorial process at Physical Review Letters?’ A one‐year stint at the journal yields answers to this and other fashionable grumbles.
AAPT's Physics Teaching Resource Agent Program
Physics Today 41 (3), 47–50 (1988);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881165
‘Teachers teaching teachers’ is the hallmark of AAPT's program to use outstanding high‐school physics teachers to assist other physics teachers.
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Opinion
The Commercial Potential of High‐ Superconductors
Physics Today 41 (3), 85–87 (1988);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2811353
Books
The Dilemmas of an Upright Man: Max Planck as Spokesman for German Science
Physics Today 41 (3), 89–90 (1988);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2811354
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The lessons learned from ephemeral nuclei
Witold Nazarewicz; Lee G. Sobotka
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Lindsay McKenzie; Jacob Taylor