classic papers of the week -- 215

On the Classical Radiation of Accelerated Electrons

• Schwinger, Julian (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA)

Possible Causes of the Secular Increase in Pulsar Periods

• Shklovskii, I. S. (P. K. Shternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow)

Atomic Energy for Military Purposes

• Smyth, H. D. (Chairman of the Department of Physics, Princeton University; Consultant to Manhattan District, U. S. Corps of Engineers)