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Physics Creates an Industry COMPUTERS • Federally funded research in semiconductors launched one of the largest US industries • Worldwide sales of semiconductors surpassed $227 billion in 2005 • Two billion personal computers are projected to be sold by 2008 MORE DATA AT YOUR FINGERTIPS • Disk-drive costs have plummeted from $20,000 per gigabyte in ...  more>>

Essentials of Nuclear Medicine Physics

Essentials of Nuclear Medicine Physics Rachel A. Powsner and Edward R. Powsner Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science, Inc., 1998, l99pages, $39.95 Many primary and specialized textbooks present the physics of nuclear medicine. This soft-bound book presents not only the properties and structure of matter, radioactive decay, and the interaction of radiat ...  more>>

A History of Physics as an Exercise in Philosophy

A History of Physics as an Exercise in Philosophy E J Post Copyright © 1997 by E J Post 2 PREFACE Religions are known to become rigid and despotic when the icons of religion are beginning to replace the teachings in order of importance. In a similar manner some formulas and equations of physics have been assuming an icon-like position for t ...  more>>

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Canadian Undergraduate Physics Journal

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