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Nuclear structure and modern research

MAY 01, 1967
By creating and studying in our laboratories the nuclear reactions and excitations that exist in quantity in the stars we are advancing our understanding of fundamental stellar processes and acquiring the benefits of nuclear technology.
Victor F. Weisskopf

IN THE EXPLORATION of the structure of matter in the last decades we have witnessed three steps: first, the exploration of the electron shells of the atom; second, investigation of the structure of the nucleus; and third, the beginning of the exploration of the structure of the nucleon, the constituent of the nucleus.

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Victor F. Weisskopf, MIT.

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