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Volume 5, Issue 5
May 1952
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ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699

Articles

American Institute of Physics: Director's report for 1951
Henry A. Barton
Physics Today 5 (5), 4–10 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067617
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Office of Scientific Research of the Air Research and Development Command
Dwight E. Gray
Physics Today 5 (5), 11–13 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067573
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The role of physics in aeronautical development
Hugh L. Dryden
Physics Today 5 (5), 14–24 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067574

The following article, by the director of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, is based on an address presented before the Conference on Applied Physics during last December's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Philadelphia.

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The world's high altitude laboratories
Serge A. Korff
Physics Today 5 (5), 28–31 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067580
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Books

The Classical Theory of Fields
L. Landau; E. Lifshitz; William Rarita
Physics Today 5 (5), 25 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067575
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Phase Transformations in Solids
R. Smoluchowski; J. E. Mayer; W. A. Weyl; John Bardeen
Physics Today 5 (5), 25–26 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067576
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Briefly Noted
Physics Today 5 (5), 26–27 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067577

Scholarships and Fellowships; Proceedings of the Colloquium on Mesospheric Physics; Compendium of Meteorology; American Standard Acoustical Terminology, z24/1–1951.

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Books Received
Physics Today 5 (5), 27 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067578
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News and Views

National Science Foundation
Physics Today 5 (5), 31–32 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067581

624 Graduate Fellowships Awarded

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Low Power Reactors
Physics Today 5 (5), 32–33 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067583

Additional Data To Be Released

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Isotron Declassified
Physics Today 5 (5), 33 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067585

Isotope Separator Data Declassified by AEC

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Cosmic‐Ray Altimeter
Physics Today 5 (5), 33 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067586

Developed at Johns Hopkins

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A Radio Message
Physics Today 5 (5), 34 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067589

From Iowa to Virginia, Via the Moon

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Research Corporation, 1951
Physics Today 5 (5), 34 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067590

Grants in Aid to Science and Education

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Oceanography
Physics Today 5 (5), 34 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067591

Research Awards Offered by Texas A&M

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RCA Fellowship at NYU
Physics Today 5 (5), 34 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067592

New Award in Electrical Engineering

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GE Fellowships
Physics Today 5 (5), 34–35 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067593

Education Program Expanded

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Visibility Laboratory
Physics Today 5 (5), 35 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067594

At Scripps Institute of Oceanography

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New Edison Laboratory
Physics Today 5 (5), 35 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067595

Ground Broken Near West Orange

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Geophysical Research
Physics Today 5 (5), 35 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067596

New Institution Created in Denmark

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New Publications
Physics Today 5 (5), 35–36 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067597

Annual Reviews of Nuclear Science; Rational Mechanics and Analysis; The Annals of American Research; Applied Statistics.

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Summer Sessions
Physics Today 5 (5), 36–37 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067598

Pennsylvania State College; Harvard University; Brooklyn Polytechnic; Boston College; Cornell University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Obituaries

Felix Ehrenhaft
Physics Today 5 (5), 37 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067599
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Rudolph Ladenburg
Physics Today 5 (5), 37 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067600
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Donald C. Stockbarger
Physics Today 5 (5), 37 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067601
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We Hear That

We Hear That…
Physics Today 5 (5), 38 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067602
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Meetings

Optical Society
Physics Today 5 (5), 39 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067603

Spring Meeting in New York

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Solid State Physics
Physics Today 5 (5), 39 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067604

APS Division Elects New Officers

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Exploration Geophysicists
Physics Today 5 (5), 39 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067605

Annual Meeting Held in Los Angeles

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Pittsburgh Conference
Physics Today 5 (5), 39–40 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067606

On Medium Energy Nuclear Physics

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Industrial Research
Physics Today 5 (5), 40 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067608

3rd Annual Conference in June

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Isotopes in Biological Research
Physics Today 5 (5), 40 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067609

Conference in Kansas

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Gordon Research Conferences
Physics Today 5 (5), 40 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067610

On Metal Sciences and Instrumentation

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New Research Techniques
Physics Today 5 (5), 40 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067611

Brazilian Symposium in July

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Beta‐ and Gamma‐Radioactivity
Physics Today 5 (5), 40–41 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067612

International Conference at Amsterdam

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Conference on Magnetism
Physics Today 5 (5), 41 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067614

To Be Sponsored by ONR Next September

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Standardization
Physics Today 5 (5), 41 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067615

National ASA Conference in September

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Calendar of Events

Calendar of Events
Physics Today 5 (5), 42–43 (1952); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3067616
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