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The Physical Tourist¶Physics and New York City

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I discuss the contributions of physicists who have lived and worked in New York City within the context of the high schools, colleges, universities, and other institutions with which they were and are associated. I close with a walking tour of major sites of interest in Manhattan.

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ID="*"Benjamin Bederson is Professor of Physics Emeritus at New York University and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, American Physical Society.

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Bederson, B. The Physical Tourist¶Physics and New York City. Phys. perspect. 5, 87–121 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s000160300004

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