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October 1964

Volume 17, Issue 10

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Something new under the quiet sun

Martin A. Pomerantz
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Teaching physics in the elementary grades

Robert Karplus
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Robert Karplus founded the Science Curriculum Improvement Study, an experimental program designed to improve elementary school science education. Its headquarters are at the University of California in Berkeley, where Dr. Karplus is a professor of physics. The program encourages pupils to interpret their own observations under guidance.

The work of T.H. Berlin in statistical mechanics …a personal reminiscence

M. Kac
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Theodore H. Berlin was a professor at the Rockefeller Institute until his death in November 1962. At the March 1964 meeting in Philadelphia of the American Physical Society, two sessions of invited papers were given in Dr. Berlin's memory. The speakers included S. A. Goudsmit, Leon Madansky, Kasimir Fajans, E. W. Montroll, C. N. Yang, Joseph Ford, and Mark Kac, whose address is printed below. Although Dr. Berlin contributed to many fields of theoretical physics, his main interest was statistical mechanics.

APS Division of Electron Physics the first 20 years

L. Marton
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Two decades of electron physics are discussed in the following article, based on a paper delivered at the April 1964 APS meeting. The author is chief of International Relations at the National Bureau of Standards.

Change in directorship at the A.I.P.

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Elmer Hutchisson retires; Ralph Sawyer becomes acting director
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Belfer Graduate School

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Fluid Dynamics

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IPPS

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Accelerators

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Pulsed Neutrons

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Introduction to the Vigier Theory of Elementary Particles

Louis de Broglie and R. B. Lindsay, Reviewer
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Introduction to Field Theory and Dispersion Relations

R. Hagedorn and J. E. Mansfield, Reviewer
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Space Physics

Donald P. LeGalley, Editor, Alan Rosen, Editor, and R. E. Street, Reviewer
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Introduction to Functional Analysis for Scientists and Technologists

B. Z. Vulikh, Ian N. Sneddon, Editor, and T. Teichmann, Reviewer
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The Universe and Its Origin

H. Messel, Editor, S. T. Butler, Editor, and J. Allen Hynek, Reviewer
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Elements of Astromechanics

Peter Van de Kamp and E. J. Opik, Reviewer
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Physics for Engineers

G. F. Lewin and Robert L. Weber, Reviewer
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The New World of Physics

Arthur March, Ira M. Freeman, and Michael W. Friedlander, Reviewer
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Progress in Solid State Chemistry, Volume 1

H. Reiss, Editor and Stuart A. Rice, Reviewer
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Microwave Solid‐state Masers

A. E. Siegman and H. J. Hagger, Reviewer
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The Chemistry of Imperfect Crystals

F. A. Kröger and Norman H. Nachtrieb, Reviewer
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Progress in Brain Research

N. Wiener, Editor, J. P. Schadé, Editor, and Joseph G. Hoffman, Reviewer
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Chemical Kinetics of Gas Reactions

V. N. Kondrat'ev, J. M. Crabtree, S. N. Carruthers, and Kurt E. Shuler, Reviewer
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Books Received

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We Hear That

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Leo Szilard

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Killian Report

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New translation journal

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Chart of the Nuclides

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Nuclear data

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Time reversibility in doubt

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Space experiments

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Computer available

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Astrogeology laboratories

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Max Planck Medal

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Student Section awards

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Physics history project

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Lawrence Memorial Award

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Calendar

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