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Thoughts of a Retiring APS President

AUG 01, 1987
The past year’s events prompt reflections on the social responsibilities of scientists, ‘Star Wars,’ APS activities and Andrei Sakharov’s return to Moscow from exile in Gorky.

DOI: 10.1063/1.881083

Sidney D. Drell

I view this talk as an occasion for a bit of self‐indulgence. It is an opportunity to say a number of things that have been on my mind on a broad range of subjects.

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Sidney D. Drell. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.

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Volume 40, Number 8

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