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June 1955
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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NRC‐AIP Conference on the Production of Physicists: A summary
Physics Today 8 (6), 6–12 (1955);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3062068
The demand for more men and women with specialized knowledge is felt generally in the sciences and other disciplines as well. In few is it so acutely felt as in physics. The problem of immediate concern to the physics profession is that far more emphasis needs to be placed on the study of mathematics and physics in our schools if the nation's growing requirements for physicists are to be satisfied.
NRC‐AIP Conference on the Production of Physicists: Recommendations
Physics Today 8 (6), 13–18 (1955);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3062040
Recommendations of the Conference
Critique of teaching objectives in colleges
Physics Today 8 (6), 19–20 (1955);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3062041
A paper presented at the NRC‐AIP Conference on the Production of Physicists, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, March 31, 1955