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March 1972

Volume 25, Issue 3

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The future of lasers

Nicolaas Bloembergen, Alexandr M. Prokhorov, Sergio P. Porto, Charles H. Townes, Ali Javan, Boris P. Stoicheff, Pierre Jacquinot, Raymond E. Kidder, and Arthur L. Schawlow
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A panel discussion: Nine specialists foresee an expanded frequency range, new kinds of lasers, and many novel applications.

Progress in holography

Emmett N. Leith and Juris Upatnieks
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As this method of imaging becomes better understood, it can offer the best solution for problems in fields as diverse as architecture, medicine and mechanical engineering.

The concept of the photon

Marian O. Scully and Murray Sargent
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It has its logical foundation in the quantum theory of radiation. But the “fuzzy‐ball” picture of a photon often leads to unnecessary difficulties.

A look at photon detectors

Robert J. Keyes and Robert H. Kingston
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Whether photomultipliers, photodiodes or photoconductors are “best” in a given case depends on signal frequency, on the kinds of noise present and on the coherence of the radiation.
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The astronomical establishment in 1570

Alfred Romer and William F. Whitmore
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Physics & society conflict

Hyman R. Cohen and George E. Brown, Jr
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Consumer complaint

George L. Hazelton
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Wrong affiliation

M. Ericson
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Why not Solar Physics?

William C. Livingston and Arthur Herschman
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Lament of a scientist's wife

Sara Sinn
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Radiation exposures

Thomas B. Cochran
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Sexagesimal reciprocals

Owen Gingerich
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Unemployment understated?

Thomas Hirschfeld
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Breakdown of reason

Tālivaldis I. Smits
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Peking University

S. J. Hu
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The Cavendish today

Elmer L. Offenbacher
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Handicapped colleagues

R. S. Menchel and Morris Goran
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Corrections

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Universality and scaling in critical behavior

Gloria B. Lubkin
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More support for the big bang

John T. Scott
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Progress at Stanford's superconducting linac

Gloria B. Lubkin
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Relativistic Astrophysics, Vol. 1: Stars and Relativity

Y. B. Zel'dovich, I. D. Novikov, and Joseph Silk, Reviewer
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The Discovery of Nuclear Fission: A Documentary History

H. G. Graetzer, D. L. Anderson, and Lawrence Badash, Reviewer
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Helium 4

Z. M. Galasiewicz and Alexander L. Fetter, Reviewer
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High‐Intensity Ultrasonic Fields

L. D. Rozenberg, Editor and Uno Ingard, Reviewer
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Theoretical Magnetofluiddynamics

H. Cabannes, M. Holt, and Robert Taussig, Reviewer
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General Physics

G. J. Aitchison and John I. Shonle, Reviewer
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New Books

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John King wins Danforth “Gifted Teaching” award

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Six scientists receive Kepler Gold Medal

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Leo P. Delsasso

Vern O. Knudsen
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Donald M. Bennett

Joel A. Gwinn and John F. Kielkopf
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Environmental program is under way at LBL

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More new graduates to leave physics

Meralee Wallach
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Cornell receives funds to improve its Astron

Steven M. Hein
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NRC reviews research on amorphous semiconductors

Steven M. Hein
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In Brief

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Young chosen as ACA vice‐president

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New look, lower charges for three AIP journals

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AAPT elects Haynes as vice‐president

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Rochester's societal studies program funded

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Calendar

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Electro‐optics: field for our times

Harold L. Davis
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