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The physicist's description of matter
2: WAVES AND PROBABILITY by Nicholas Kemmer , F.R.S. Taib Professor of Natural Philosophy University of Edinburgh
The fundamental units of matter do not behave simply. The electron, for instance, appears to act in some situations as a particle, in others as a wave. Quantum theory seeks to resolve this apparent paradox, and in so doing leads the physicist into new modes of thought. How does he picture the electron and its interactions?
Models and Reality, by Mary Hesse : March 24

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Kemmer
Unknown:
Mary Hesse

by NATHANAEL WEST with Sam Wanamaker and Robert Eddison
The Miss Lonelyhearts of The New York Post-Dispatch (Are-you-in-trouble? — Do-you-need-advice? — Write - to - Miss - Lonelyhearts-and-she-will-help-you) sat at his desk and stared at a piece of white cardboard.
Cast with Jon Farrell , Patricia Hayes
Charlotte Holland , Marvin Kane and Barbara Passes
Special music arranged by Walter Goehr played by William Davies (organ) Adapted and produced by D. G. BRIDSON
: third broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Sam Wanamaker
Unknown:
Robert Eddison
Unknown:
Jon Farrell
Unknown:
Patricia Hayes
Unknown:
Charlotte Holland
Unknown:
Marvin Kane
Arranged By:
Walter Goehr
Played By:
William Davies
Produced By:
D. G. Bridson
Miss Lonelyhearts:
Sam Wanamaker
Shrika:
George Coulouris
Misa Farkis:
Laurel Sojash
Betty:
Jane Jordan Rogers
Goldsmith:
Charles Richardson
Mary Shrike:
Tucker McGuire
Fay Doyle:
Mavis Villiers
Peter Doyle:
MacDonald Parke
Narrator:
Robert Eddison

Song of Prince Li Yu of Wu 936-978 A.D. translated and introduced by Hugh Gordon Porteus
U Yu, the last Emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was kept imprisoned in one of his palaces by the first Sung Emperor. There he perfected a form of verse known as the T'zu.
Readers
Olive Gregg and Gary Watson Produced by Anthony Thwadte

Contributors

Introduced By:
Hugh Gordon Porteus
Readers:
Olive Gregg
Readers:
Gary Watson
Produced By:
Anthony Thwadte

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