Showing papers in "Physics Today in 1961"
TL;DR: This annual series continues the cooperative effort to abstract and publish in formula order all the ultraviolet-visible spectra of organic compounds presented in the journal literature.
Abstract: This annual series continues the cooperative effort to abstract and publish in formula order all the ultraviolet-visible spectra of organic compounds presented in the journal literature Over 50 chemists have searched over 100 titles during the course of this project to assemble over 350,000 spectra through these twenty volumes
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the Unterschiede der Lebensformen and the Unverschützen der modernen Technik zur Verfugung, denen die reichen Hilfsmittel von modernen Nachbarn stammen nicht mehr in kalten, dunklen Hohlen, sondern in wohltemperierten, hellen Hausern with Telefon and Wasserspulung.
Abstract: Zwischen den Menschen der Steinzeit und den Menschen der Gegenwart zeigen sich korperlich keine grosen Unterschiede. Um so groser sind jedoch die Unterschiede der Lebensformen. Wir leben heute nicht mehr in kalten, dunklen Hohlen, sondern in wohltemperierten, hellen Hausern mit Telefon und Wasserspulung. Wir suchen die Nahrung nicht mehr auf gefahrlichen Jagden, sondern wahlen sie im Laden aus. Unsere Kenntnisse uber die Umwelt stammen nicht mehr vom Gerede der Nachbarn, sondern wir sind durch Bucher, Zeitungen, Rundfunk und Fernsehen wohl informiert und „immer dabei“. Und wenn wir krank sind, dann qualen uns nicht aberglaubische Zauberer, sondern wir lassen uns durch wissenschaftlich gebildete Arzte behandeln, denen die reichen Hilfsmittel der modernen Technik zur Verfugung stehen, vom Rontgenapparat und der Eisernen Lunge bis hin zu den hochdifferenzierten Erzeugnissen der pharmazeutischen Industrie.
TL;DR: For example, this article pointed out that modern scientific research has developed a second language barrier of its own to compound the difficulties encountered when national boundaries are crossed and to cause confusion and misunderstanding even among those sharing the same native tongue.
Abstract: Language differences have long presented a barrier to communication which is as troublesome as it is difficult to surmount. Further, it seems that modern scientific research has developed a second language barrier of its own to compound the difficulties encountered when national boundaries are crossed and to cause confusion and misunderstanding even among those sharing the same native tongue. For example, some readers may find it strange that an institute in quantum chemistry is the subject of a report to physicists, while, on the other hand, these same readers would find nothing inappropriate in the topic if it were alternately called an institute on atomic, molecular, and solid‐state physics.
TL;DR: In a series of five public lectures delivered under the auspices of the history department at Yale University in 1959, Price as discussed by the authors investigated the circumstances and consequences of certain vital decisions relating to scientific crises which have the world to its present state of scientific and technological development.
Abstract: Professor Price has enlarged his widely known and influential study of science and the humanities to include much new material, extraordinarily broad in its range: from ancient automata, talismans and symbols, to the differences of modern science and technology. Science since Babylon is now more fascinating and useful than ever to anyone concerned with the humanistic understanding of science. Originating in a series of five public lectures delivered under the auspices of the history department at Yale University in 1959, this book is an investigation of the circumstances and consequences of certain vital decisions relating to scientific crises which have the world to its present state of scientific and technological development. Not just another book on \"History of Science,\" it is a plea, an exemplification for a whole new range of studies to take its place in the territory between the humanities and the sciences. The chapter on \"Diseases of Science\" has received much public attention as an analysis of the present structure and probable future of the organization of science. The author documents his study with accounts of his own researches in his specific fields of interest, relating them to the \"crises\" which he believes to be of paramount importance.
TL;DR: Tension metastable fluid detectors (TMFDs) offer a solution to such shortcomings by simplifying the determination of cavitation detection events (CDEs), which occur from neutron interactions with several atom species.
Abstract: Neutron detection spectroscopy has significant importance in a wide range of fields ranging from physics to nuclear power to combatting nuclear terrorism. Unfortunately, many modern detectors have detection shortcomings. Tension metastable fluid detectors (TMFDs) offer a solution to such shortcomings by simplifying the determination of cavitation detection events (CDEs). CDEs occur from neutron interactions with several atom species. Therefore, accurately predicting these responses becomes extremely important in making a more effective neutron detector.