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August 1974

Volume 27, Issue 8

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Carnot's contribution to thermodynamics

Martin J. Klein
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At first almost ignored and unread, Sadi Carnot's analysis of heat engines—published 150 years ago—contained ideas and methods that were to be developed later by Clausius and Thomson.

Storing ions for collision studies

Fred L. Walls and Gordon H. Dunn
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Overcoming the limitations of plasma and colliding‐beam techniques, the new static trap helps untangle the mechanisms by which positive ions recombine with electrons.

AIP in 1973—a year of publishing

H. William Koch
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The Annual Report of the American Institute of Physics, 1973
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Creativity versus age

G. Diemer and T. Tsang
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Pay your page charges

S. A. Goudsmit
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Candidate for Congress

Bernd T. Matthias
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Competitive running

David C. Carey, Joseph B. Keller, J. W. Prothero, Fletcher Osterle, Harvey Borovetz, James Hamerly, and Jean Toots
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God exists?

Enos R. Wicher and Stephen W. Behnen
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Pauli's proof

Claude Kacser
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Problem‐solving courses

Matt Young
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Shared employment

Gloria Golbert
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More on matter waves

Dorian Kermisch, George L. Murphy, and Heinrich A. Medicus
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Competition in physics

Gary R. Gruber
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More on Michelson

Mayo D. Hersey
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KMS claims thermonuclear neutrons from laser implosion

Gloria B. Lubkin
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Many total cross sections are rising

Gloria B. Lubkin
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Solar‐energy collector accepts diffused sunlight

Robert A. Saar
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Proposals for PEP and ISABELLE submitted

Robert A. Saar
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Gravitation

C. W. Misner, K. S. Thorne, J. A. Wheeler, and S. Chandrasekhar, Reviewer
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The Quantum Theory of Light

Rodney Loudon and Marlan O. Scully, Reviewer
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Across the Frontiers

Werner Heisenberg and H. B. G. Casimir, Reviewer
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Gunn‐effect Logic Devices

H. L. Hartnagel and Jeffrey Frey, Reviewer
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Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Carl Sagan, Editor and A. G. W. Cameron, Reviewer
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Introduction to the Physics of Electronics

M. F. Uman and Robert B. Campbell, Reviewer
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Physics for Technicians

Ernest Zebrowski, Jr and E. L. Lippert, Jr, Reviewer
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The Logical Analysis of Quantum Mechanics

Erhard Scheibe and Edward MacKinnon, Reviewer
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The Sociology of Science: Theoretical and Empirical Investigation

R. K. Merton and Dudley Shapere, Reviewer
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Qualitative Theory of Second‐Order Dynamic Systems

A. A. Andronov, E. A. Leontovich, I. I. Gordon, A. G. Maier, and Martin C. Gutzwiller, Reviewer
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Nuclear Fission

R. Vandenbosch, J. R. Huizenga, and J. R. Nix, Reviewer
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Experimental Physics for Students

R. M. Whittle, J. Yarwood, and Eugenie V. Mielczarek, Reviewer
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New Books

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Laughlin wins Coolidge Award

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IOP presents awards to six scientists

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Hewish and Nozieres receive Holweck Medals

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Clyde L. Cowan Jr

Frederick Reines
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Jack W. Keuffel

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Paul F. Gast

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Floyd Rowe Watson

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Ray Palmer Teele

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The society reviews its future role and structure

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Store‐front physics contest

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New July‐to‐June dues billing period

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Calls for a new White House science and technology council

Gloria B. Lubkin
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Technology‐assessment group urges more public activity

Robert A. Saar
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AAPT concerned about FDA laser‐safety rules

Denise Grady
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AIP publishes data on graduate students

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Shapley fund will help AAS “visitors” program

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In Brief

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Technician‐education program launched by NSF

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International seminar in Moscow is blocked

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In Brief

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From anti‐science to pro‐science

Harold L. Davis
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