4 September 2018

September 2018 Issue of Physics Today Is Online & in the Mail

Richard Fienberg

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Physics Today, the flagship publication of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), is the most influential and closely followed physics magazine in the world. With authoritative features, full news coverage and analysis, and fresh perspectives on technological advances and groundbreaking research, Physics Today informs readers about science and its role in society. Members of the AAS, an AIP Member Society, automatically receive free print and online subscriptions to the magazine. Physics Today Online, the magazine’s internet home, presents an enhanced digital edition and provides a valuable online archive.


Physics Today Sept. 2018In the September 2018 Issue

Coffee Stains, Cell Receptors, and Time Crystals: Lessons from the Old Literature
Perhaps the most important reason to understand the deep history of a field is that it is the right thing to do. — Raymond E. Goldstein 

Time Crystals in Periodically Driven Systems
When the discrete time-translation symmetry of isolated, periodically driven systems is spontaneously broken, a new phase of matter can emerge. — Norman Y. Yao and Chetan Nayak

Homi Bhabha, Master Builder of Nuclear India
The founder of two of India's preeminent nuclear-science research centers insisted that scientists be surrounded by culture and beauty. — Stuart W. Leslie and Indira Chowdhury

...and much more!

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