The search for an elementary particle [sound recording] : Joint Symposium of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers on History and Philosophy of Physics, 1968 January 31.

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The search for an elementary particle [sound recording] : Joint Symposium of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers on History and Philosophy of Physics, 1968 January 31.

Speakers include: C.D. Anderson, "Electrons, Positrons, and Mesons;" Luis W. Alvarez, "The Search for an Elementary Particle in the Last Quarter Century;"

1 sound tape reel : 3 3/4 ips, analog, mono. ; 7 in.

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