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Physicists in training

NOV 01, 1949
For three years, with the support of Sigma Pi Sigma, physics honor society, and with the encouragement of other agencies, an annual study of the numbers of physicists in training has been made. The results indicate a startling increase. Will opportunities for these new graduates keep pace with their increasing numbers?
Marsh W. White

There has been some concern that we are approaching a period in which too many physicists may be produced for the work on hand. Careful surveys made in related fields of engineering on the supply and demand for graduating students have indicated a situation in which the current numbers of engineering graduates equal or exceed the anticipated requirements. Will the same be true of physicists in training?

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Marsh W. White, Pennsylvania State College.

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Volume 2, Number 11

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