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August 1988
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
Reference Frame
Letters
Keep Space Promises Down to Earth
Physics Today 41 (8), 98–100 (1988);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2811543
A New Spin on an Old Rotation
Physics Today 41 (8), 100–101 (1988);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2811545
Recognition for Waldemar Voigt
Physics Today 41 (8), 102–103 (1988);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2811547
Search and Discovery
Articles
Reflections on Early Work on ‘Big Bang’ Cosmology
Physics Today 41 (8), 24–34 (1988);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881126
The standard model of the universe's development—the hot Big Bang—is successful in accounting for the fossil cosmic background radiation and the high, uniform cosmic abundance of helium.
Atomic Spectroscopy and Astrophysics
Physics Today 41 (8), 38–45 (1988);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881127
In this personal retrospective, the author shows how laboratory work on the interaction between matter and radiation unites physics and astronomy and has frequently led to major discoveries in astrophysics.
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Physics Today 41 (8), 56–64 (1988);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881128
India's ‘great savant’ of science made deep contributions to acoustics, physical optics, magnetism, molecular physics and especially to our understanding of the scattering of light by matter.
Washington Reports
Physics Community
Books
New Techniques and Ideas in Quantum Measurement Theory and The 2nd International Symposium on Foundations of Quantum Mechanics in the Light of New Technology
Daniel M. Greenberger; Mikio Namiki; Yoshio Ohnuki; Yoshimasa Murayama; Sadao Nomura; Bernard d'Espagnat
Physics Today 41 (8), 71 (1988);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2811529
