Correspondence concerning controversy over who discovered the 20-micron atmospheric window in the earth's atmosphere, 1975.

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Correspondence concerning controversy over who discovered the 20-micron atmospheric window in the earth's atmosphere, 1975.

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Includes the article, "The past and future of American astronomy," by Carl Sagan from the December 1974 issue of Physics Today which was the focus of the controversy.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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