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Technical assistants in physics in the United States

MAR 01, 1963

DOI: 10.1063/1.3050804

Are technical assistants needed in physics? Can an increase in the number of technical assistants help to alleviate the shortage of physicists now and in the years of continuing manpower shortages that seem to lie ahead? What kinds of work can technicians do and how should they be educated? Where can one hire technicians?

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Volume 16, Number 3

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