An Overview: Physics Through the 1990's is part of an eight-volume research assessment of the major fields of physics that reviews the developments that have taken place and highlights research opportunities. An Overview summarizes the findings of the panels discussed in the other seven volumes and addresses issues that broadly concern physics.
Physics Survey Committee, Board on Physics and Astronomy, National Research Council
1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1. Physics and Society; 4 2. Progress in Physics; 5 3. Maintaining Excellence; 6 Supplement 1 - International Aspects of Physics: The U.S. Position in the World Community; 7 Supplement 2 - Education and Supply of Physicists; 8 Supplement 3 - Organization and Support of Physics; 9 Abbreviations and Acronyms; 10 Glossary of Physical Terms; 11 Appendix A: Panel Members; 12 Index
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Life Sciences, Committee on Metagenomics: Challenges and Functional Applications
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Institute of Medicine, and Families Board on Children, Youth, Steve Olson
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Committee on Animal Nutrition, Subcommittee on Dog and Cat Nutrition
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, and Statistical Sciences Committee on AIDS Research and the Behavioral, Social, Lincoln E. Moses, Heather G. Miller, Charles F. Turner
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, and Applications Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Committee to Provide Interim Oversight of the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Division of Natural Hazard Mitigation, Committee on Natural Disasters
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Environment and Resources Commission on Geosciences, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Committee to Review the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program, Ecology Panel
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, and Applications Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Physics Survey Committee, Panel on the Physics of Plasmas and Fluids
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, and Applications Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Physics Survey Committee, Panel on Condensed-Matter Physics
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, and Applications Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Physics Survey Committee, Nuclear Physics Panel
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, and Applications Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Physics Survey Committee, Elementary-Particle Physics Panel