Joint ceremonial session of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers [sound recording] / 1977 February 8.

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Joint ceremonial session of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers [sound recording] / 1977 February 8.

Speakers include: George Pake, presiding; presentation of the 1977 Heineman Prize to Steven Weinberg by W. A. Fowler; Fowler's address as the Retiring President of the APS; Kenneth Davis, presiding; presentation of the Oersted Medal of the AAPT by Janet B. Guernsey; response of the recipient, H. R. Crane; 36th Richtmyer Memorial Lecture of the AAPT by Michael Tinkham, "Superconductivity, Pure and Applied."

2 sound tape reels (2.5 hrs.) : 3 3/4 ips, analog, mono. ; 7 in.

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