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Select this Article		Scientific readiness Alan T. Waterman


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Select this Article		Physics as a science and an art K. K. Darrow


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Select this Article		The NRX pile at Chalk River W. B. Lewis


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Select this Article		Physics research at University Heights, NYU Serge A. Korff


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Select this Article		Dissemination of technical information by AEC Dwight E. Gray


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Select this Article		Methods of Operations Research Philip M. Morse, Editor, George E. Kimball, Editor, and P. M. S. Blackett, Reviewer


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