Alpha, Alpha, Alpha
APR 01, 1953
A Letter to the Editor
DOI: 10.1063/1.3061210
I was favorably impressed by Professor Gamow’s suggestion (Physics Today, February 1953) that the names of authors in multiauthor articles appear in alphabetic order; however, I feel obligated to point out that this may lead to the practice of scientists adopting “noms de plume”. This tendency would, of course, be most likely to arise in the N‐Z group, but others amongst us might be swept into the maelstrom.
© 1953. American Institute of Physics
