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Autobiographical Notes of a Physicist 物理学家自传笔记

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Physics in Perspective Pub Date : 2024-05-24 DOI: 10.1007/s00016-024-00310-z

N. David Mermin

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Divergent Stories in the History of Physics 物理学史上的分歧故事

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Physics in Perspective Pub Date : 2024-05-17 DOI: 10.1007/s00016-024-00313-w

Robert Naylor, Joseph D. Martin, Richard Staley

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Identifying and Understanding Historical Scientific Instruments: The Case of the Physics Cabinet of the University of Bologna 识别和理解历史科学仪器：博洛尼亚大学物理柜案例

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Physics in Perspective Pub Date : 2024-03-18 DOI: 10.1007/s00016-024-00308-7

Laura Rigotti, Eugenio Bertozzi

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A New Literary Style of Science: The Rise of Acronyms in Physics and Astronomy 科学的新文体：物理学和天文学中缩略语的兴起

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Physics in Perspective Pub Date : 2024-03-18 DOI: 10.1007/s00016-024-00306-9

Helge Kragh

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The Impermanent Archive 无常的档案

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Physics in Perspective Pub Date : 2024-02-23 DOI: 10.1007/s00016-024-00307-8

Robert L. Naylor, Joseph D. Martin, Richard Staley

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Dreams of Declassification: The Early Cold War Quest for Nuclear Knowledge in The Netherlands and Norway 解密之梦:冷战早期在荷兰和挪威对核知识的探索

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Physics in Perspective Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1007/s00016-023-00305-2

Machiel Kleemans

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Film Review Revenge of the Nerds 电影评论《复仇的书呆子》（Revenge of the Nerds

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Physics in Perspective Pub Date : 2023-10-24 DOI: 10.1007/s00016-023-00304-3

Coreen McGuire, Joseph D. Martin

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Secret Science 秘密科学

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Physics in Perspective Pub Date : 2023-10-05 DOI: 10.1007/s00016-023-00303-4

Joseph D. Martin, Robert L. Naylor, Richard Staley

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JASON in Europe: Contestation and the Physicists’ Dilemma about the Vietnam War 欧洲的 JASON：关于越南战争的争论和物理学家的两难选择

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Physics in Perspective Pub Date : 2023-10-05 DOI: 10.1007/s00016-023-00302-5

Gerardo Ienna, Simone Turchetti

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Calculating and Mapping the Disposition of Future Heavens: Ferdinand Verbiest’s Weather Forecasting and Its Termination During the Qing Court (1669–1680) 计算和绘制未来天象：费迪南德-韦尔比斯特的天气预报及其在清廷的终止（1669-1680 年）

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Physics in Perspective Pub Date : 2023-09-10 DOI: 10.1007/s00016-023-00301-6

Weixing Niu, Yejing Ge, Haohao Zhu

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