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May I humbly recommend a terrific summary of the Davisson Germer experiment? [1] It is a great biographical summary of developing the experiment itself, with some experimental data not published elsewhere online of the electron diffraction phenomenon.

[1] https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.3001830

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I get Physics Today every month (since I'm an APS member). One of my favorite things about it, strangely, is the ads.

The ads are really useful. (So are the Quick Studies, Back Matter, and articles in general. It's a great magazine.)

I grew up with Physics Today, too, and the ads really shaped my knowledge of available instrumentation before I even knew what that was.

I used to marvel that people would pay megabucks for what appeared to be a white box with three electrical connections, a power plug, and a power-on light. Now, when I read those, I'm like, "Your lock-in amplifier can do what?! Expletive. How do I send you my money?"

Re: Physics Today is temporarily making its archive freely available

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You will have to register to Scitation and the free access is only temporary. > Scientists and students in affected regions can now register on Scitation.org to activate temporary free full-text access to content through April 30, 2020.

Hm. 4/30 was yesterday.

Re: Physics Today is temporarily making its archive freely available

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May I humbly recommend a terrific summary of the Davisson Germer experiment? [1] It is a great biographical summary of developing the experiment itself, with some experimental data not published elsewhere online of the electron diffraction phenomenon. [1] https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.3001830

The design of the experiment is often as important as the result. It opens up a whole avenue of discovery as the same technique is applied to other problems.

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You will have to register to Scitation and the free access is only temporary. > Scientists and students in affected regions can now register on Scitation.org to activate temporary free full-text access to content through April 30, 2020.

Hm. 4/30 was yesterday.

Perhaps a misprint and they meant either 5/30 or 2021?

Re: Physics Today is temporarily making its archive freely available

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You will have to register to Scitation and the free access is only temporary. > Scientists and students in affected regions can now register on Scitation.org to activate temporary free full-text access to content through April 30, 2020.

Ok, we've made the title say temporary above. I don't know how to squeeze registered scientists in there.
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