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December 1994
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
Letters
North Dakota Firing was Faculty Fueled
Randy S. Fishman; Richard Hammond; Ghazi Q. Hassoun; Douglas A. Kurtze; Craig Rottman; Charles A. Sawicki; Mahendra K. Sinha
Physics Today 47 (12), 13–14 (1994);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808733
Search and Discovery
Articles
Adaptive Optics in Astronomy
Physics Today 47 (12), 24–31 (1994);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881406
The first significant astronomical images are beginning to be produced by adaptive optics systems, which are being developed at many major observatories around the world.
The Summer of 1953: A Watershed for Astrophysics
Physics Today 47 (12), 34–40 (1994);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881407
In 1953, the Michigan Symposium on Astrophysics proved instrumental in shaping our understanding of stellar evolution and in shaping the future careers of many of the participants. One participant gathers his colleagues’ reminiscences.
Physics: A Personal Perspective
Physics Today 47 (12), 42–46 (1994);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881408
The former president of the American Physical Society reflects on the challenges facing both the society and physics at large in the light of falling budgets, a revamped rationale for supporting science and the advance of the information age.
Career Choices
Washington Reports
Physics Community
Books
QED and the Men Who Made It: Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger and Tomonaga
Physics Today 47 (12), 59–60 (1994);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808749
Neutrons, Nuclei and Matter: An Exploration of the Physics of Slow Neutrons
Physics Today 47 (12), 65 (1994);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808756
