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Discover an accessible and easy-to-use guide to calculus fundamentals In Quick Calculus: A Self-Teaching Guide, 3rd Edition , a team of expert MIT educators delivers a hands-on and practical handbook to essential calculus concepts and terms.

We recount the life, work, and legacy of the theoretical physicist Roy Glauber (1925–2018). Admitted to Harvard at age 16, called upon to participate in the Manhattan Project at age eighteen, and appointed to the Harvard Physics faculty at age 29, Glauber is credited with seminal contributions to three separate fields of physics: nuclear scattering, statistical physics, and foundational work in quantum optics, which earned him the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics. Over decades, Glauber was also a dedicated teacher of high‐school, college, and graduate students. His pedagogical gifts are reflected in his lucid papers that read as if they were written yesterday. Key points perspective on the life, work, and legacy of the 2005 Physics Nobel laureate Roy Glauber (1925–2018) impact of Glauber's contributions on large swaths of physics, from nuclear to optical to condensed matter Glauber's work in quantum optics has nurtured burgeoning areas of quantum science and engineering Roy Glauber displaying a poster with the gist of his theory of optical coherence in his own handwriting.

Norman Ramsey was a towering figure in the world of physics during the second half of the twentieth century. He was esteemed for his scientific accomplishments, his service as a statesman of science, and his role as a teacher and mentor, and for the friendships he shared with people of all ranks around the world. Ramsey was born into a military family in Washington DC on Aug 27, 1915, and he died in Boston, Massachusetts, on Nov 4, 2011. His father, Norman Foster Ramsey, Sr, had a distinguished career in the US Army, enlisting in the infantry while underage and rising through the ranks to Brigadier General. Norman's education was frequently interrupted when the family was ordered to new locations in the US and abroad. In spite of these disruptions, Norman graduated from the Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, high school at the top of his class at 15. He wanted to enter West Point or MIT but was too young.

Researchers have made atomic clocks so precise that effects of general relativity are on the verge of complicating the concept of keeping time.

The fine structure constant, a vital quantity in quantum theory, sets the scale for the physical world. Recent measurements have improved its precision by a factor of 10.

This week, the U.S. National Academies released an overview report * on the challenges of maintaining the integrity of scientific research data in an age of revolutionary digital technologies. The report, Ensuring the Integrity, Accessibility, and Stewardship of Research Data in the Digital Age , provides a framework for dealing with the challenges to the community generated by the onrush of digital technology. As chairs of the report committee, we hope that it moves the research community forward, collectively, to consider the integrity of data in ways that best support the advancement of scientific, engineering, and medical knowledge, as well as the maintenance of public trust.