Device physics vis-à-vis fundamental physics in Cold War America: the case of quantum optics

Historians have convincingly shown the close ties U.S. physicists had with the military during the Cold War and have raised the question of whether this alliance affected the content of physics. Some have asserted that it distorted physics, shifting attention from fundamental problems to devices. Yet the papers of physicists in quantum electronics and quantum optics, fields that have been exemplary for those who hold the distortion thesis, show that the same scientists who worked on military devices simultaneously pursued fundamental and foundational topics. This essay examines one such physicist, Marlan O. Scully, with attention to both his extensive foundational studies and the way in which his applied and basic researches played off each other.     

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微机在图书馆和情报学教育中的应用

微机的出现,已经使得以往用描述方式进行教学的情报学和计算机科学的许多内容有可能被引入图书情报学及情报学的课程之中.对美国核准的图书馆教学计划的调查结果表明:微机在图书馆教育中的应用日益增加,并由此可以预言,在系统模拟、图书馆应用的程序编制、研究结果的统计分析、管理情报系统和指导写作方面将有更大的应用.