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June 1964

Volume 17, Issue 6

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American physics comes of age

J. H. Van Vleck
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J. H. Van Vleck, Hollis professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Harvard University, was honored by Case Institute of Technology on December 11, 1963, when he became the first recipient of the new Albert A. Michelson Award. Professor Van Vleck, whose address on that occasion appears below, was cited for his pioneering contributions “to theories of magnetism which provide the essential understanding of solids and have led to important scientific and engineering developments”.

Polarized protons

John H. Williams
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The following article is based on this year's Retiring Presidential Address of the American Physical Society, presented on January 23 during the 1964 annual meeting of the Society in New York by John H. Williams of the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota. Professor Williams, whose term as president of the APS ended during the meeting, served as an Atomic Energy Commissioner in 1959–60.

Ultrasonics: A report on the 1963 symposium

J. J. G. McCue
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Luminescence

Grace Marmor Spruch
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The following report on the 1963 International Conference on Luminescence, held in Poland last September, is by Grace M. Spruch, a research physicist associated with New York University. She is currently working in England.

Two open letters

Victor F. Weisskopf and Alvin M. Weinberg
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Weisskopf↔Weinberg

Physics Survey Committee

George E. Pake
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Regge Poles and S‐Matrix Theory

Steven C. Frautschi and J. C. Polkinghorne, Reviewer
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Cosmical Electrodynamics

Hannes Alfvén, Carl‐Gunne Fälthammar, and S. Fred Singer, Reviewer
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The Moon, Meteororites, and Comets

Barbara M. Middlehurst, Editor, Gerard P. Kuiper, Editor, and E. J. Opik, Reviewer
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Précis d'Electromagnétisme théorique

Paul Poincelot and Howard H. C. Chang, Reviewer
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The Natural Philosopher, Vol. 1

L. Marton, Reviewer
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Radio Astronomy

J. L. Steinberg, J. Lequeux, R. N. Bracewell, Editor, and H. J. Hagger, Reviewer
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Yankee Scientist—William David Coolidge

John Anderson Miller and R. B. Lindsay, Reviewer
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Thermal Physics

Philip M. Morse and Bruce W. Shore, Reviewer
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Laminar Boundary Layers

L. Rosenhead, Editor and Lawrence Talbot, Reviewer
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The Theory of Laminar Boundary Layers in Compressible Fluids

K. Stewartson and L. Talbot, Reviewer
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The Role of Science in Civilization

Robert Bruce Lindsay and Phyllis A. Richmond, Reviewer
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Selected Problems in Physics with Answers

M. P. Shaskol'skaya, I. A. El'tsin, W. J. F. Reynolds, F. Castle, Editor, and T. Teichmann, Reviewer
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Handbook of High Vacuum Engineering

H. A. Steinherz and Björn Bergsnov‐Hansen, Reviewer
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Strange Particles

Robert Kemp Adair, Earle Cabell Fowler, R. E. Marshak, Editor, and Herman Feshbach, Reviewer
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High‐Pressure Measurement

A. A. Giardini, Editor, E. C. Lloyd, Editor, and Norman H. Nachtrieb, Reviewer
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Books Received

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We Hear That

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FREE

Edmond Bauer

Karl K. Darrow
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Heineman Prize

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NAS Awards

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AGU Awards

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Physics Organizations Abroad

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Translation Programs

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AIAA Publishing Program

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Historical Ephemeris

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Publishers Merge

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Astron Device Begins Operating

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The Farthest Quasar

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Project West Ford

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New Cyclotron

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President's Committee on Manpower

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NSF Programs

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Yeshiva To Expand

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High Schools Honored

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Space Science

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Departmental Programs

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Calendar

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