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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