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Corporate Author National Research Council (U.S.). Physics Survey Overview Committee.

Title Physics in a new era : an overview / Physics Survey Overview Committee, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2001]
©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 182 pages) : illustrations (some color), color charts, color facsimiles
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Includes index.
Contents Physics frontiers -- Quantum manipulation and new materials -- Complex systems -- Structure and evolution of the universe -- Fundamental laws and symmetries -- Physics and society -- Physics education -- Health and biomedical sciences -- The environment -- National security -- The economy and the information age -- Investing in our future: priorities and recommendations -- A new era of discovery -- Recommendation I: Physics and the wider society: investment, education, and national security -- Recommendations II: Strengthening physics research: partnerships, federal science agencies, and physics information.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Physics -- Research -- United States.
Physics -- Research.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: National Research Council (U.S.). Physics Survey Overview Committee. Physics in a new era. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2001 (DLC) 2001089190
ISBN 0309513359 (electronic book)
9780309513357 (electronic book)
0309073421 (paperback)
9780309073424 (paperback)