May 2018 Issue of Physics Today Is Online & in the Mail
Richard Fienberg AAS Solar Eclipse Task Force
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In the May 2018 Issue
The Origins of Physics Today
In 1945 leaders of the American Institute of Physics conceived a bold experiment: a magazine that would help unify an increasingly balkanized discipline. — David Kaiser
Synthesizing Molecular Fishing Nets
The power of organic chemistry is opening new possibilities for building customized two-dimensional materials. — Marco Servalli, Hans Christian Öttinger & A. Dieter Schlüter
Domesticating Physics
A historical snapshot of physics education for women illuminates how housework was used to draw women into physics courses — and how science was used to sell home appliances. — Joanna Behrman
...and much more!