75th anniversary session of the American Physical Society [sound recording] : 1974 April 22.

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75th anniversary session of the American Physical Society [sound recording] : 1974 April 22.

Speakers include: John Van Vleck, "American Physics before the War: Fact and Fiction;" Karl K. Darrow, "Sixty Years of the American Physical Society;" S. A. Goudsmit; "The Development of Physics in the United States in the 1920s and 30s;" and W.K.H. Panofsky, "Future Directions for the American Physical Society."

2 sound tape reels (2 hrs.) : 7.5 ips, analog, mono. ; 7 in.

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