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November 1967

Volume 20, Issue 11

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Relativistic cosmology

Wolfgang Rindler
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Questions asked by cosmologists today concern the large‐scale structure of the universe. How do intergalactic distances expand? Is the universe isotropic and homogeneous? Flat or curved? Finite or infinite? Did it all start with a “big bang?”

Laser action in liquids

Adam Heller
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Reduction of radiationless relaxation has led to new liquid lasers that are at least equivalent in performance to pulsed crystal and glass lasers.

The discovery of fission

Otto R. Frisch and John A. Wheeler
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Initial formulations of nuclear fission are colored with the successes, failures and just plain bad luck of several scientists from different nations. The winning combination of good fortune and careful thought made this exciting concept a reality.

Physics in France

Jean Combrisson
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Emerging from the scientific hiatus imposed during the first and second world wars, France has begun to reëstablish her place as a leader in physics research. Liberal education and strong governmental support have provided inroads to further improvement.

AIP corporate associates study physics and society

Edward Creutz
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How physicists appear to their colleagues, what their job attitudes are, how the public looks at physics and latest physics advances are some of the topics treated at the meeting.
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Let's not pay referees

S. A. Goudsmit
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Free thought, paid referees

Kenneth J. Epstein
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For want of the fee…

Fred L. Wilson
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Indian institutes—who gains?

Herbert F. Helbig
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Naming the new elements

Vic Viola
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Federal agencies and the Draft

M. G. Saslow
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How many postdoctorals?

Richard B. Curtis
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Erratum

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Hydroxyl Molecules in Space Puzzle Radio Astronomers

John T. Scott
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Auger Electron Emission Can Identify Surface Impurities

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New CP‐Violation Experiments Reported: Theory Still in Doubt

Gloria B. Lubkin
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Oak Ridge IMP Will Shoot Neutrals at Plasma in a Well

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Getting a Charge Out Of a Solar Power System

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…also of Interest: Albany, Michigan State, Germanium

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Ion Implantation Creates New Electronic Properties

Werner Brandt
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Theoretical Calculations Gain Importance in Reactor Design

Paul F. Zweifel and William Kerr
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Quantum Theory of Atoms, Molecules and the Solid State: A Tribute to John C. Slater

Per‐Olov Löwdin, Editor and Joseph G. Hoffman, Reviewer
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Augmented Plane Wave Method: A Guide to Performing Electronic Structure Calculations

Terry Loucks and John C. Slater, Reviewer
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The Role of Mathematics in the Rise of Science

Salomon Bochner and Eugene P. Wigner, Reviewer
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Atomism in England from Hariot to Newton

Robert H. Kargon and L. Marton, Reviewer
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Table of Isotopes, 6th ed.

C. M. Lederer, J. M. Hollander, I. Perlman, and Emilio G. Segrè, Reviewer
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Entropy and Low Temperature Physics

J. S. Dugdale and R. Bruce Lindsay, Reviewer
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The Quest for Absolute Zero: The Meaning of Low Temperature Physics

K. Mendelssohn and Martin E. Straumanis, Reviewer
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Unitary Symmetries and Their Application to High Energy Physics

M. Gourdin and Don B. Lichtenberg, Reviewer
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Fundamental Physics, 2nd ed.

Jay Orear and Garrison Sposito, Reviewer
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High Energy Nuclear Reactions

A. B. Clegg and Walter Benenson, Reviewer
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Elements of Probability Theory

J. Bass and Thomas Kailath, Reviewer
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Kinetic Equations of Gases and Plasmas and Instrumentation for High Speed Plasma Flow

Ta‐You Wu, Allen E. Fuhs, and Herbert Malamud, Reviewer
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New Books

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We Hear That

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Astronautics Award to Jacques‐Emile Blamont

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Bingham Medal Given To Hershel Markovitz

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Sir John Cockcroft, Cambridge Physicist and Nobel Laureate

Nevill Mott
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Phimsy

R. Hobart Ellis, Jr
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APS to Consider Whether It Should Discuss Public Issues

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Physics Students in the Army: A Lab Tour of Duty

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Resonances

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Almost All Congressional Committees Studying R&D

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High‐Energy Physicists Seek Preprint Experiment

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Fellowships

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In Brief

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New Faculties Directory for Physics and Astronomy Issued

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Calendar

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The Education and Training of Physicists

Alan T. Waterman
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