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Physics in a new era an overview
Title
Physics in a new era [electronic resource] : an overview / Physics Survey Overview Committee, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council.
ISBN
0309513359 (electronic bk.)
9780309513357 (electronic bk.)
0309073421 (paperback)
9780309073424 (paperback)
Published
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2001.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvii, 182 p.) : ill. (some col.), col. charts, col. facs.
Notes
Includes index.
Description based on print version record.
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National Academies Press.
Other formats
Print version: National Research Council (U.S.). Physics Survey Overview Committee. Physics in a new era. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2001
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 23, 2013
Contents
Physics frontiers
Quantum manipulation and new materials
Complex systems
Structure and evolution of the universe
Fundamental laws and symmetries
Physics and society
Physics education
Health and biomedical sciences
The environment
National security
The economy and the information age
Investing in our future: priorities and recommendations
A new era of discovery
Recommendation I: Physics and the wider society: investment, education, and national security
Recommendations II: Strengthening physics research: partnerships, federal science agencies, and physics information.
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