Word: offing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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The final energy of millions of electron volts achieved by the projectiles equals the sum of the energies of all of the separate pushes.
Frequently in these cataclysmic collisions penetrating radiations of various types are emitted. These radiations may be used in medical and biological research, while the newly formed radioactive atoms may serve as labels to trace biological or chemical processes within plants or animals without disturbing the normal conditions of behavior.
The high-velocity particles from the apparatus are applied by the physicist and chemist to the study of the nuclei of atoms.
Plans for a course on "Economic Aspects of War" to be given in the second semester were revealed yesterday by Seymour E. Harris '20, associate professor of Economics, following approval by the Faculty Committee on Instruction.
Harris said, "This course will analyze the rapid dislocation of economic variables that occur in war times, and during the transition to peace. War economics is a branch of economics like Industrial Organization or Money and Banking, giving the department a chance to use Economics in the treatment of problems...