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Volume 7, Issue 5
May 1954
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ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699

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Giauque‐ Kelvin Proposal
F. G. Brickwedde
Physics Today 7 (5), 4–5 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061654
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Bevatron Launched
Physics Today 7 (5), 5 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061655
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Seitz Elected AIP Chairman
Physics Today 7 (5), 6 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061656
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Articles

Government support of basic research in university physics departments 1952–53
J. Howard McMillen
Physics Today 7 (5), 7–9 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061657

A collection of data on the sources and distribution of Federal funds for support of research in educational institutions.

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Science and national affairs
Nathaniel H. Frank
Physics Today 7 (5), 10–14 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061613

The advancement of science, in both utilitarian and cultural terms, demands a fresh approach to the methods of science education in our schools.

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The independent research institution
Vannevar Bush
Physics Today 7 (5), 19–21 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061628

Some remarks concerning the role played by independent research institutions in the advancement of basic scientific research.

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Books

Library Organization and Management of Technical Reports Literature
Bernard M. Fry; Joseph Hilsenrath
Physics Today 7 (5), 14–15 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061614
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Synchros, Self‐Synchronous Devices, and Electrical Servo‐Mechanisms
Leonard R. Crow; Joseph N. Ratti
Physics Today 7 (5), 15 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061615
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Introduction to the Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable
Wolfgang J. Thron; Milton Abramowitz
Physics Today 7 (5), 15–16 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061616
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Electromagnetics
John D. Kraus; William Fuller Brown, Jr.
Physics Today 7 (5), 16–17 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061617
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Electron Optics (Grundlagen der Elektronenoptik)
Walter Glaser
Physics Today 7 (5), 17 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061618
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Methods of Mathematical Physics, Vol. I
Richard Courant; David Hilbert
Physics Today 7 (5), 17 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061619
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Review of Current Research and Directory of Member Institutions
V. E. Neilly
Physics Today 7 (5), 17 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061620
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Die Laplace-Transformation unh ihre Anwendung, and Table of Coefficients for the Numerical Calculation of Laplace Transforms
Paul Funk; Hans Sagan; Franz Selig; Herbert E. Salzer
Physics Today 7 (5), 17 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061621
View articletitled, <em>Die Laplace-Transformation unh ihre Anwendung,</em> and <em>Table of Coefficients for the Numerical Calculation of Laplace Transforms</em>
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Laboratory Experiments with Radioisotopes for High School Science Demonstrations
Physics Today 7 (5), 18 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061623
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Hyperbolic Protractor
G. A. Deschamps
Physics Today 7 (5), 18 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061624
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Graphs of the Compton Energy-Angle Relationship and the Klein-Nishina Formula from 10 KeV to 500 MeV
Ann T. Nelms
Physics Today 7 (5), 18 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061625
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Vacuum Technique
Physics Today 7 (5), 18 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061626
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Books Received
Physics Today 7 (5), 18 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061627
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Miscellany

Government
Physics Today 7 (5), 21 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061629
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Education
Physics Today 7 (5), 22 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061630
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Research Notes
Physics Today 7 (5), 22–24 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061631
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New Installations
Physics Today 7 (5), 24–25 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061632
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Obituaries

Paul G. Agnew
Physics Today 7 (5), 25 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061633
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Julian L. Coolidge
Physics Today 7 (5), 25 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061634
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Fritz London
Physics Today 7 (5), 25 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061635
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Jacob Mazer
Physics Today 7 (5), 25 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061636
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We Hear That

We Hear That…
Physics Today 7 (5), 26–27 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061637
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Meetings

Semiconductors
Physics Today 7 (5), 28 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061638
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Physical Society
Physics Today 7 (5), 28–29 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061639
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Optical Society
Physics Today 7 (5), 29 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061640
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Radio Science
Physics Today 7 (5), 30 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061641
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Scientific Explanation
Physics Today 7 (5), 30 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061642
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Mass Spectrometry
Physics Today 7 (5), 30 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061643
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Engineering Education
Physics Today 7 (5), 30 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061644
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High Vacuum Symposium
Physics Today 7 (5), 30 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061645
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Colloquium of College Physicists
Physics Today 7 (5), 30 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061646
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Electron Microscopy Conference
Physics Today 7 (5), 30 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061647
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Oxide‐Coated Cathodes
Physics Today 7 (5), 30–31 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061648
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Physics Teachers
Physics Today 7 (5), 31 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061649
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Rydberg Centennial
Physics Today 7 (5), 31 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061650
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Calorimetry
Physics Today 7 (5), 31 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061651
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Correction
Physics Today 7 (5), 31 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061652
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Calendar of Events

Calendar of Events
Physics Today 7 (5), 32–34 (1954); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061653
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