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Harry Lustig, initially a theoretical nuclear physicist, is Professor of Physics Emeritus and Provost Emeritus of the City College of the City University of New York, and Treasurer Emeritus of the American Physical Society.

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Lustig, H. The Life and Times of Werner Heisenberg. Phys. Perspect. 12, 470–496 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00016-010-0034-5

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