Physics: Program for Particles

As they split up their share of the Government bankroll, scientists may differ about the value of space flight, but rare is the objection to the big bills that will be run up by the construction of new particle accelerators. These monster machines promise to pay for their keep by telling how energy clumps together to form the material particles that make up the universe, by contributing more than existing accelerators can to man's knowledge of nuclear energy.

Last week a panel of scientists selected by the Atomic Energy Commission and the...

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