A nobel tale of postwar injustice

Physics Today

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 26-32

  Crawford, Elisabeth ^a   Sime, Ruth Lewin ^b   Walker, Mark ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Sacramento City College   (United States)

^c UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0040960223     PISSN: 00319228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.881933     Document Type: Article

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