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August 1968

Volume 21, Issue 8

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Physics and the nation in a crystal ball

Lewis M. Branscomb
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Physics in the US today faces a series of problems that are causing both students and the public to lose interest. Some solutions are offered at the 1980 APS meeting.

Michael Faraday and the art of lecturing

Raymond J. Seeger
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An intimate understanding of Faraday's unique approach toward education adds new dimensions to one's perspective of the old art of teaching

Pulsars

Stephen P. Maran and A. G. W. Cameron
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The more we learn about the newly discovered pulsating radio sources, the more difficulty we have in producing a theory that will explain their remarkably regular pulse repetition periods and otherwise highly irregular behavior.

Dualism in quantum theory

Max Born and Walter Biem
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Do particles sometimes behave as waves? Can waves be treated as particles? There is still disagreement in the interpretation of the quantum theory.

Dialog on dualism

Alfred Landé, Max Born, and Walter Biem
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Replies by ALFRED LANDE to points raised in the preceding article and further comments by MAX BORN and WALTER BIEM.
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Who said it first?

Charles Weiner, Robert C. Wyckoff, and George L. Trigg
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High ideals and hard data

W. L. Garner, Jay Orear, and Cameron B. Satterthwaite
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A question of credit

J. G. Savins and Hershel Markovitz
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Wrong accelerator

E. Alfred Burrill and D. Allan Bromley
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Finding Oppie's hat

David A. Katcher
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Rare‐earth shapes

Bent Herskind and Bernard G. Harvey
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Dropout rate at Imperial

Clifford C. Butler
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A slight to astrophysics

Marshal H. Wrubel
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Trujillo and confluent beams

Erhard W. Rothe
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Muon and Electron Magnetic‐Moment Anomalies Disagree with Theory

Gloria B. Lubkin
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Balloon‐Borne Telescope Sees An X‐Ray Flare in Sco X‐l

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Second No Longer Ephemeral: Cesium Transition Instead

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High‐Flying Telescope Seeks Improved Photo Resolution

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In Brief

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Tourists, Television and Telescopes at Jodrell Bank

John T. Scott
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Reactor Physicists Emphasize Need for Neutron Data

David T. Goldman
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The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA

James D. Watson and Samuel Devons, Reviewer
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The Properties of Liquid and Solid Helium

John Wilks and Ralph P. Hudson, Reviewer
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Laser Systems and Applications

Herbert A. Elion and David F. Hotz, Reviewer
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Masers and Lasers: Physics and Design

J. S. Thorp and Mary E. Cox, Reviewer
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An Introduction to Masers and Lasers

T. P. Melia and Robert J. Collier, Reviewer
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Formulation of Research Policies

Bruce S. Old, Lawrence W. Bass, Editor, and David Z. Robinson, Reviewer
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Mixed Boundary Value Problems in Potential Theory

I. N. Sneddon and Joseph Gillis, Reviewer
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Introduction to Stellar Statistics

Rudolf Kurth and George Weiss, Reviewer
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General Physics: Mechanics and Molecular Physics

L. D. Landau, A. I. Akhiezer, E. M. Lifshitz, and H. H. Barschall, Reviewer
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Magnetism and the Cosmos

W. R. Hindmarsh, F. J. Lowes, P. H. Roberts, S. K. Runcorn, Editor, and S. Fred Singer, Reviewer
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New Books

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We Hear That

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NAS Awards Go to Cooper, Schrieffer and Gell‐Mann

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Parker Wins Fleming Award For Theory of Solar Wind

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APS Awards Heineman Prize For 1968 to Sergio Fubini

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Earle H. Kennard Dies, Directed Naval Laboratories

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Arthur F. Stevenson Worked on Geophysics at Wayne State

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Howard W. Neill Carried Out Atmospheric Research For Navy

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AIP Prepares Book on Graduate Physics and Astronomy Programs

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University Ties with Institute for Defense Analyses Ended

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Budget Cuts Push British Science toward Industry

John T. Scott
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Resonances

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AIP Classifies Vocabularies for Computer Retrieval System

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NSF Bill Reflects Congressional Drift from Basic Research

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Calendar

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What We Are Not Against

R. Hobart Ellis, Jr
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