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Playing with Quantum Toys: Julian Schwinger’s Measurement Algebra and the Material Culture of Quantum Mechanics Pedagogy at Harvard in the 1960s 玩量子玩具:朱利安·施温格的测量代数和20世纪60年代哈佛大学量子力学教学的物质文化

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Physics in Perspective Pub Date : 2018-02-07 DOI: 10.1007/s00016-018-0213-3

Jean-François Gauvin

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John S. Rigden 约翰·s·里格登

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Physics in Perspective Pub Date : 2018-02-06 DOI: 10.1007/s00016-018-0215-1

Roger H. Stuewer

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The History and Impact of the CNO Cycles in Nuclear Astrophysics CNO循环的历史及其对核天体物理的影响

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Physics in Perspective Pub Date : 2018-02-05 DOI: 10.1007/s00016-018-0216-0

Michael Wiescher

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Reply to James R. Hofmann 回复James R. Hofmann

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Physics in Perspective Pub Date : 2017-12-13 DOI: 10.1007/s00016-017-0212-9

Friedrich Steinle

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Is Seeing Believing?: Observation in Physics 眼见为实吗?:物理学中的观察

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Physics in Perspective Pub Date : 2017-11-10 DOI: 10.1007/s00016-017-0210-y

Allan David Franklin

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Turning the Ship: The Transformation of DESY, 1993–2009 转向船舶:DESY的转型，1993-2009