Research contributions since the war

NOV 01, 1974

Two respected leaders of physics–one from Europe and one from the US–discuss areas in which the continent excels in an exclusive interview with PHYSICS TODAY.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3128982

Edoardo Amaldi

Victor F. Weisskopf

PHYSICS TODAY—Can we say that in the last few years European physics has come into its own again and in a number of areas may be leading the world or close to it? Do you agree that there has been a strong upswing in the level of European physics in the last few years?

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Edoardo Amaldi, Institute of Physics, University of Rome.

Victor F. Weisskopf, Physics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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