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On Our Cover Richard P. Feynman, who is Richard Chase Tolman Professor of Physics at Caltech, and author of "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" on page 22. The article has been adapted from a talk given by Dr. Feynman at the banquet climaxing the American Physical Society's annual meeting at Caltech, December 28–30. In his article, Dr. Feynman describes a new field of physics, and issues an invitation to all scientists—and non-scientists—to start working in this fascinating area.
by President L. A. DuBridge (page 13) was originally presented as a talk at the Pasadena City College Forum on January 26.
Caltech lost two eminent professors emeriti last month, Beno Gutenberg and John Robinson Macarthur. On page 20 a tribute is paid to Dr. Gutenberg by Robert P. Sharp, chairman of the division of geological sciences and professor of geology; and on page 21, a tribute to John Robertson Macarthur by Horace Gilbert, professor of business economics at Caltech.
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FEBRUARY 1960 | VOLUME XXIII | NUMBER 5 | ||||||||||
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