Physics today

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  Año 2018, Vol. 71, Número 6

  • SEARCH AND DISCOVERY

    • Isotope measurements help pin down the ancient rise of oxygen

      Johanna L. Miller

      • Resumen

      págs. 16-19

      

    • An attosecond view of electron–nuclear coupling

      Johanna L. Miller

      • Resumen

      págs. 20-21

      

    • New tools for forecasting steam-blast eruptions

      Rachel Berkowitz

      • Resumen

      págs. 22-24

      

  • ISSUES AND EVENTS

    • Foundations play a supporting role in basic science

      David Kramer

      • Resumen

      págs. 26-29

      

  • ARTICLES

    • The improbable clouds at the edge of the atmosphere

      Bodil Karlsson, Theodore G. Shepherd

      • Resumen

      págs. 30-36

      

    • The turbulent formation of stars

      Christoph Federrath

      • Resumen

      págs. 38-42

      

    • The discovery of Ovshinsky switching and phase-change memory

      Lillian Hoddeson, Peter K. Garrett

      • Resumen

      págs. 44-51

      

  • BOOKS

    • Science and philosophy in the shadow of war

      Don Howard (res.)

      Es reseña de:

      • Exact thinking in demented times: the Vienna circle and the epic quest for the foundations of science

        Karl Sigmund

        Basic Books, 2017

      págs. 53-54

      

    • Solving the riddle of life’s inception

      Francesca Barbero (res.)

      Es reseña de:

      • The seeds of life: from Aristotle to da Vinci, from sharks’ teeth to frogs’ pants, the long and strange quest to discover where babies come from

        Edward Dolnick

        Basic Books, 2017

      págs. 55-56

      

    • Modeling quantum behavior in condensed matter

      Michael Stone (res.)

      Es reseña de:

      • Quantum field theory and condensed matter: an introduction

        Ramamurti Shankar

        Cambridge U. Press, 2017

      págs. 57-57

      

  • QUICK STUDY

    • The Sun’s magnetic midlife crisis

      Travis S. Metcalfe

      • Resumen

      págs. 70-71