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Niels Bohr and the Quantum Atom: The Bohr Model of Atomic Structure 1913–1925.

John S. Rigden
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 81, 237–238 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4771884
Published: March 2013
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Center for History of Physics: A crown jewel of the field

John S. Rigden
Published: October 2012
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews
Abstract
A donor explains why he supports a unique institution devoted to the preservation, study, and dissemination of the history of physics and its practitioners.
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Science and the white house

John S. Rigden
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 60, 13–14 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4797449
Published: November 2007
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Eisenhower, scientists, and Sputnik

John S. Rigden
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 60, 47–52 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2754603
Published: June 2007
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The mystique of physics: Relumine the Enlightenment

John S. Rigden
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1094–1098 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2110582
Published: December 2005
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

John S. Rigden
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 58, 51–52 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2155759
Published: November 2005
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The Business of Academic Physics

John S. Rigden, James H. Stith
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 56, 45–50 (2003)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1634533
Published: November 2003
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Hydrogen: The Essential Element

John S. Rigden, James O’Connell
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 71, 189 (2003)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1522705
Published: February 2003
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Crisis in Physics Spurs Spirited Dialogue

John S. Rigden
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 56, 69 (2003)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796883
Published: January 2003
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Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics

John Archibald Wheeler, Kenneth Ford, John S. Rigden
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 68, 584–585 (2000)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.19497
Published: June 2000
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The Changing Role of Physics Departments in Universities: Proceedings of the International Conference on Undergraduate Physics Education 1996

Paul Black
Edward F. Redish, John S. Rigden
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 66, 1029–1030 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.19017
Published: November 1998
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Teaching and research: Friends or foes?

John S. Rigden
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 66, 175–178 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.19037
Published: March 1998
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The Introductory University Physics Project 1987–1995: What has it accomplished?

Lawrence A. Coleman, Donald F. Holcomb, John S. Rigden
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 66, 124–137 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18830
Published: February 1998
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Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics

John S. Rigden, Brian Pippard
John S. Rigden
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 50, 65–66 (1997)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881915
Published: September 1997
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A call for changes in undergraduate physics education

Paul Black, Donald F. Holcomb, Hans J. Jodl, Leonard Jossem, Ramon Lopez, Fatima Matar, John S. Rigden, Jan Smit, James Stith, Yun Ying
Journal: AIP Conference Proceedings
AIP Conf. Proc. 399, 1–10 (1997)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.53133
Published: March 1997
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The emergence of the technical workplace

John S. Rigden
Journal: AIP Conference Proceedings
AIP Conf. Proc. 399, 133–138 (1997)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.53127
Published: March 1997
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The Disciplines Educate & Liberate

John S. Rigden
Journal: Computer in Physics
Comput. Phys. 10, 205 (1996)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4822383
Published: May 1996
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Serving the Physics Community: AIP's Physics Programs

John S. Rigden
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 47, 45–49 (1994)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808435
Published: March 1994
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Don't Alter Courses for Women, Minorities

Ellen D. Yorke, Rosanne DiStefano, Donald F. Holcomb, John S. Rigden
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 47, 67–68 (1994)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808390
Published: January 1994
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The Introductory University Physics Project

John S. Rigden, Donald F. Holcomb, Rosanne DiStefano
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 46, 32–37 (1993)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881388
Published: April 1993
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