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The Bethe–Peierls Correspondence

Silvan S. Schweber
Physics Today 62 (1), 53–54 (2009);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3074267
Published: January 2009
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Defending against nuclear weapons: A 1950s proposal

Silvan S. Schweber
Physics Today 60 (4), 36–41 (2007);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2731971
Published: April 2007
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“The Happy Thirties”

Silvan S. Schweber
Physics Today 58 (10), 38–43 (2005);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2138418
Published: October 2005
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Hans Bethe: Superlative Scientist, Incomparable Mentor, Humanitarian, Friend

Silvan S. Schweber
Physics Today 58 (5), 12–13 (2005);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1995723
Published: May 2005
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Enrico Fermi and Quantum Electrodynamics, 1929–32

Silvan S. Schweber
Physics Today 55 (6), 31–36 (2002);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1496373
Published: June 2002
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The Historical Development of Quantum Theory. Volume 6: The Completion of Quantum Mechanics, 1926-1941

Silvan S. Schweber
Physics Today 54 (11), 56–59 (2001);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1428438
Published: November 2001
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The Genius of Physics: A Portrait Gallery

Abraham Pais, Silvan S. Schweber
Physics Today 53 (9), 61–62 (2000);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1325238
Published: September 2000
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Strange Beauty: Murray Gell‐Mann and the Revolution in Twentieth‐Century Physics

George Johnson, Silvan S. Schweber
Physics Today 53 (8), 43–44 (2000);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1310122
Published: August 2000
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In the Shadow of the Bomb: Bethe, Oppenheimer, and the Moral Responsibility of the Scientist

Silvan S. Schweber, Sidney D. Drell
Physics Today 53 (7), 55 (2000);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1292484
Published: July 2000
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A Tale of Two Continents: A Physicist's Life in a Turbulent World

Abraham Pais, Silvan S. Schweber
Physics Today 50 (10), 99–100 (1997);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881972
Published: October 1997
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Reflections on the Sokal Affair: What Is at Stake?

Silvan S. Schweber
Physics Today 50 (3), 73–74 (1997);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881695
Published: March 1997
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The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner, Part A: Scientific Papers, Part B: Historical, Philosophical, and Socio‐Political Papers

Arthur Wightman, A. M. Weinberg, J. Mehra, Silvan S. Schweber
Physics Today 49 (10), 65–66 (1996);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2807805
Published: October 1996
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Sin‐itiro Tomonaga: Life of a Japanese Physicist

Makinosuke Matsui, Silvan S. Schweber
Physics Today 49 (7), 59–60 (1996);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2807690
Published: July 1996
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Author Disputes Review of Richard Feynman Biography

Jagdish Mehra, Silvan S. Schweber
Physics Today 49 (6), 13–82 (1996);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2807646
Published: June 1996
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The Beat of a Different Drum: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman

Jagdish Mehra, Silvan S. Schweber
Physics Today 48 (10), 64–66 (1995);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808211
Published: October 1995
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QED and the Men Who Made It: Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger and Tomonaga

Silvan S. Schweber, Sam Treiman
Physics Today 47 (12), 59–60 (1994);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808749
Published: December 1994
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Physics, Community and the Crisis in Physical Theory

Silvan S. Schweber
Physics Today 46 (11), 34–40 (1993);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881368
Published: November 1993
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Volume 1: The Quantum Theory of Planck, Einstein, Bohr and Sommerfeld: Its Foundation and the Rise of Its Difficulties, 1900–1925 (Parts 1 and 2) and Volume 2: The Discovery of Quantum Mechanics, 1925 and Volume 3: The Formulation of Matrix Mechanics and Its Modifications, 1925–1926 and Volume 4: The Fundamental Equations of Quantum Mechanics, 1925–1926. The Reception of the New Quantum Mechanics, 1925–1926 and Volume 5: Erwin Schrödinger and the Rise of Wave Mechanics. Part 1: Schrödinger in Vienna and Zurich, 1887–1925. Part 2: The Creation of Wave Mechanics; Early Response and Application, 1925–1926

Jagdish Mehra, Helmut Rechenberg, Silvan S. Schweber
Physics Today 40 (9), 83–84 (1987);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820189
Published: September 1987
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An Introduction to Relativistic Quantum Field Theory

Silvan S. Schweber, J. C. Polkinghorne
Physics Today 15 (3), 66–70 (1962);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3058079
Published: March 1962
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