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February 1992
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
Letters
An E‐Mail Message from Mozart
Physics Today 45 (2), 124–126 (1992);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2809557
Legislating Science Funding Levels
Physics Today 45 (2), 126–128 (1992);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2809559
Optics’ Terminological Affliction
Physics Today 45 (2), 132–133 (1992);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2809563
Search and Discovery
Articles
The Dynamical Evidence for Dark Matter
Physics Today 45 (2), 28–36 (1992);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881329
Studies of the dynamics of galaxies show that at least 90% of the mass in the universe is in some invisible, unknown form.
Roundtable: Science Under Stress
Physics Today 45 (2), 38–55 (1992);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881330
Physics in the US is beset by a paradox: It is more vital and productive than ever, with more people and wider horizons in the field, yet its practitioners are down in the dumps. Just when physicists ought to be thrilled and tantalized by the unlimited challenges, they are devoting more effort to getting funds to do their work. PHYSICS TODAY assembled eight prominent scientists to discuss the malaise that grips physics and physicists.
Meetings
Physics Community
Opinion
Books
Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance
Physics Today 45 (2), 102–103 (1992);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2809544
