Stories From the Early Days of Quantum Mechanics
@article{Rabi2006StoriesFT,
title={Stories From the Early Days of Quantum Mechanics},
author={Isidor I. Rabi and R. Fraser Code},
journal={Physics Today},
year={2006},
volume={59},
pages={36-41}
}A colloquium delivered to the University of Toronto physics department on 5 April 1979 by the master of molecular beams offers a fresh look at an earlier era.
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