The End Of Physics ? (As We Know It)

Other authors have discussed the impact of the end of the Cold War, with shrinking defense budgets, and the problems caused by attempts to cut the Federal budget deficit, on the level of funding for physics research and the problems new Ph.D.s in physics have in finding jobs in their field. It is even possible to look at the longer term problem caused by past projections, which were unrealistic, for continued high growth of support for science in general. 3 R ther than look at the current problems as part of a temporary cycle of funding, there has likely been a fundamental change in some of the areas considered the frontier areas of physics, especially high energy particle physics.