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Bookshelf
The MATHEMATICA Book, Version 4, by Stephen Wolfram, Wolfram Research, Cambridge University Press 0521 643147 (£35/$49.95). Mathematica is one of the most important programs for algebraic (in con...
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Bookshelf
From Hiroshima to the Iceman From Hiroshima to the Iceman: the Development and Applications of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry by Harry E Gove, Institute of Physics Publishing 07503 0557 6 (hbk £50...
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Bookshelf
Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Field Theory, edited by Tian Yu Cao, Cambridge University Press 0 521 63152 1 (hbk £60/$100). Tian Yu Cao’s book Conceptual Developments of 20th Century Fi...
Read article 'Electron–positron pioneer'
Electron–positron pioneer
In 1960 Bruno Touschek gave a talk on electron-positron collisions that would change the face of physics. Last November, 20 years after his death, physicists gathered to celebrate Touschek's work.
Read article 'Synchrocyclotron survivor to bow out after 50 years'
Synchrocyclotron survivor to bow out after 50 years
After 15 years in physics, Harvard University's 160 MeV machine was converted into a cancer therapy centre. Having treated over 7500 patients in the ensuing 34 years, it is being phased out after tw...
Read article 'SLC perched on a high'
SLC perched on a high
The Stanford Linear Collider has generated its last Z particle unless the US government provides more money. But it crowned its act with a flourish.
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A hundred years ago…
In 1895, a chance discovery by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen changed the face of science. It was the dawn of a new branch of physics the investigation of subatomic phenomena. Following the centenar...
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Nuclear emulsions
In the May 1966 issue, A J Herz and W O Lock described the development of nuclear-emulsion detectors, highlighting a CERN experiment that determined the magnetic moment of the Λ0 baryon.
