1938
1938 content overview
Great Britain Unveils Bank Note Honoring Alan Turing *38
The mathematician’s stature has grown steadily since the 1980s, as a brilliant, socially misunderstood scientist
Lives: William Coors ’38 *39
A Controversial Conservative Whose Years Had Great Highs and Lows
Fuller Patterson ’38: War Story
On Memorial Day, remembering a Princetonian and a Belgian’s loving deed
Lyman Spitzer Jr. *38: Father of the Hubble
Lyman Spitzer’s space telescope dramatically changed astronomy…
Lyman Spitzer Jr. *38 and The Ultimate Energy Source
Princeton physicists near the mid-point of a decades-long effort to harness fusion...
Lyman Spitzer Jr. *38: A Roving Eye in Space
The often-troubled Princeton OAO experiment finally takes off!
Princeton, Lyman Spitzer Jr. *38, and Astronomy
After A Brilliant Record, New Vistas in the Space Age!
Lyman Spitzer Jr. *38 ’s Stellarator
Princeton’s $34,000,000 Project For Thermonuclear Power Declassified by the AEC At the Geneva Conference.
By Lyman Spitzer Jr. *37 *38: Travel Through Space!
A telescope above the dense curtain of the earth’s atmosphere, says an astronomer, would open new doors of knowledge...