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NOV 01, 1981

Volume 34, Issue 11

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American physics comes of age.
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Physics in 1981±50
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The last fifty years—a revolution?
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Fifty years of physics education
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The development of field theory in the last 50 years
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US particle Accelerators at age 50
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Elementary excitations in quantum liquids
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This golden age of solid‐state physics
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A new wave of acoustics
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Optics: an ebullient evolution
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Physicists and astronomy—Will you join the dance?
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Atomic physics: a renewed vitality
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Vacuum: from art to exact science
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AIP Today‐ and Tomorrow
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Corporate Associates meet at National Academy
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