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MIT physics graduate alumni: Graduate record vs achievements |
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Physics Today,
Volume 14,
Issue 8,
1961,
Page 20-29
Philip M. Morse,
G. F. Koster,
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Since 1930, when Karl T. Compton became president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, about 500 graduate students have been awarded doctoral degrees in physics by MIT. This corresponds to more than a twentieth of the total output of ScD's and PhD's in physics in the United States during these thirty years. In connection with the Institute's Centennial Celebration this year the administration has instituted a number of historical surveys of students and alumni. Because the doctoral alumni in physics since 1930 constitute a large enough sample for statistical validity and because records of these alumni are fairly complete and uniform in quality throughout the period, a detailed study of this group was authorized.
ISSN:0031-9228
DOI:10.1063/1.3057689
出版商:AIP
年代:1961
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The evolution of the Office of Naval Research |
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Physics Today,
Volume 14,
Issue 8,
1961,
Page 30-35
Bruce S. Old,
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It is not often that the birth of a Navy office, which certainly sounds like like a cold, administrative affair, makes history worth recording. But the birth of the Office of Naval Research was such an interesting one, participated in by so many famous and brilliant personalities, that a record of the events should serve a useful purpose. It might even bring inspiration to those who daily continue the struggle to evolve constructive changes in large government departments.
ISSN:0031-9228
DOI:10.1063/1.3057690
出版商:AIP
年代:1961
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The Governmental Science Administrator |
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Physics Today,
Volume 14,
Issue 8,
1961,
Page 36-38
Frederick Seitz,
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Like so many other physicists, I emerged into the postwar climate of our country in the fall of 1945, having spent nearly six years on work that bordered more nearly on applied than pure science. The first part of the war had been devoted to ordnance and ballistics, the intermediate part to the development of radar components, such as diodes and oscilloscope screens, and the last part to the Plutonium Project at Chicago—all climaxed by a number of months as one of the scientific intelligence officers in SHAEF. With my colleagues at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, plans were laid for research in the coming period. We hoped that we could find the funds to match our dreams even modestly.
ISSN:0031-9228
DOI:10.1063/1.3057691
出版商:AIP
年代:1961
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Organic semiconductors |
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Physics Today,
Volume 14,
Issue 8,
1961,
Page 40-41
James J. Brophy,
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In modern science and technology it is not unusual for a research activity to involve more than one scientific discipline. Among the newer research endeavors, perhaps none demonstrates such a dual character more clearly than the field of organic semiconductors, which deeply involves both semiconductor physics and organic chemistry. One result of this dichotomy is that there exists no common forum where research results can be presented and discussed by both physicists and organic chemists. Similarly, it is difficult for industrial organizations in electronics, chemical, and semiconductor activities to learn the latest information concerning rapidly expanding research on organic semiconductors.
ISSN:0031-9228
DOI:10.1063/1.3057692
出版商:AIP
年代:1961
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How much is a physicist's inertia worth? |
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Physics Today,
Volume 14,
Issue 8,
1961,
Page 42-43
J. H. Shera,
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In an article entitled “Individual Departmental Libraries vs. Consolidated Science Libraries” (Physics Today, May 1961, pp. 40–41.), Professor D. A. Wells of the University of Cincinnati reported on a poll of 126 chairmen of physics departments with respect to their opinions of consolidated science libraries. His results indicated that 84 “were strongly in favor of departmental libraries”, 17 “made no positive commitment”, 3 favored consolidation, and 22 did not reply. Professor Wells follows these statistics, which he does not refine to show which of his respondents were and which were not served by a centralized library, with a series of quotations setting forth the arguments favoring individual departmental libraries. But, he fails to present the reasoning for the other side. Without providing the reader with the opportunity to judge for himself, and by carefully suppressing any point of view that differs from his own, he concludes: “The few arguments which may be advanced in favor of the consolidated library can easily be given their proper perspective.” This is scarcely scientific objectivity. In the interest, then, of permitting the reviewer to establish his own perspective, it would seem only proper and fair to enumerate arguments in support of consolidation.
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DOI:10.1063/1.3057693
出版商:AIP
年代:1961
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Max Planck Festschrift 1958 |
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Physics Today,
Volume 14,
Issue 8,
1961,
Page 44-46
B. Kockel,
W. Macke,
A. Papapetrou,
Wolfgang Yourgrau,
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DOI:10.1063/1.3057694
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年代:1961
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Science Since Babylon |
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Physics Today,
Volume 14,
Issue 8,
1961,
Page 46-48
Derek J. de Solla Price,
L. Weber,
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DOI:10.1063/1.3057695
出版商:AIP
年代:1961
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An Introduction to Celestial Mechanics |
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Physics Today,
Volume 14,
Issue 8,
1961,
Page 48-50
Theodore E. Sterne,
R. E. Marshak,
S. F. Singer,
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DOI:10.1063/1.3057697
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年代:1961
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9. |
The Moon |
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Physics Today,
Volume 14,
Issue 8,
1961,
Page 50-51
Zdeneˇk Kopal,
D. Keefe,
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DOI:10.1063/1.3057698
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年代:1961
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Manual of Mathematical Physics |
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Physics Today,
Volume 14,
Issue 8,
1961,
Page 51-52
Paul I. Richards,
R. Bruce Lindsay,
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ISSN:0031-9228
DOI:10.1063/1.3057699
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年代:1961
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