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December 1993
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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Letters
's Greenhouse Contribution Debated
Physics Today 46 (12), 66–68 (1993);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2809140
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Articles
The Physics Job Market: Bleak for Young Physicists
Physics Today 46 (12), 22–27 (1993);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881392
Current production of PhD physicists greatly exceeds available positions in academe, government labs and industry. Restoring a balance may depend on curtailing the number of new PhDs trained, even if more graduating physicists successfully find nontraditional jobs.
Initial Employment of Physics Doctorate Recipients: Class of 1992
Physics Today 46 (12), 29–33 (1993);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881370
Today's job market requires patience, flexibility and perhaps some creativity on the part of recent physics graduates.
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Books
Introduction to Algebraic and Constructive Quantum Field Theory
Physics Today 46 (12), 43 (1993);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2809125