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February 1976

Volume 29, Issue 2

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Scientists with a secret

Spencer R. Weart
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While the Nazi war machine was gearing up, a few physicists realized that a fission chain reaction was feasible—would they be able to get all groups to agree to hold back publication?

Helium three

John C. Wheatley
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Magnetic superfluid phases in the low‐millikelvin region, a Josephson “ringing” effect and fluid anisotropy are among the exotic properties of this surprising substance.

Welcome to the post‐industrial society

Daniel Bell
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The US is passing into a post‐industrial phase in which theoretical knowledge is a strategic resource and science policy determines political action.
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Soviet emigrant fund imperiled

Herman Chernoff, Peter T. Demos, David H. Frisch, Chairman, Philip M. Morse, and Louis D. Smullin
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Sunday in Moscow

Herman Z. Cummings, Peter S. Pershan, Miles V. Klein, P. M. Platzman, C. M. Varma, L. M. Falicov, Bernard Bendow, Richard A. Ferrell, and M. J. Stephen
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Why no moon for Mercury?

Bruce E. Bushman
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Peer vs. rival review

Jacob J. Bikerman
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More on plutonium recycling

B. I. Spinrad and Frank von Hippel
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Obituary problem

Henry W. Newson
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Metrication and Motherhood

David F. Bartlett and Chris D. Zafiratos
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Federal centers for research

Don Hoock and Phillip Peterson
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Oriental discrimination

Akira Hasegawa
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Short life for physicists

Gerald Conrad and John F. Davis
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Synchrotron radiation

A. P. Grinberg
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Cat Doggerel

Harold J. Morowitz
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A physicist in politics

Paul A. Smith
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Corrections

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Neutrons and x rays probe TTF–TCNQ structure

Gloria B. Lubkin
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Experiments at Stanford approach a free‐electron laser

Marian S. Rothenberg
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Progress report on the VLA

Floyd C. Bennett
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ORNL Heavy‐Ion Lab due to start in 1979

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In Brief

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Physical Thought from the Presocratics to the Quantum Physicists

S. Sambursky, Editor and Banesh Hoffmann, Reviewer
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Fusion Reactor Physics: Principles and Technology

T. Kammash and George H. Miley, Reviewer
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Electrical Conduction in Solid Materials and Metal–Insulator Transitions

J. P. Suchet, N. F. Mott, and Walter A. Harrison, Reviewer
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Practical Quantum Mechanics

S. Flügge and Wolfgang Franzen, Reviewer
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Modern Atomic Physics, Vol. 1: Fundamental Principles; Vol. 2: Quantum Theory and Its Applications

B. Cagnac, J.‐C. Pebay‐Peyroula, and Gordon Berry, Reviewer
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Special Relativity

J. G. Taylor and George Debney, Reviewer
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Lunar Science: A Post‐Apollo View

S. R. Taylor and George L. Siscoe, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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Geological Society honors Cox and Pettijohn

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Bureau of Standards gives physics awards

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Maxwell Plasma Prize goes to Lyman Spitzer Jr

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Leith and Upatnieks share R. W. Wood Prize

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Detlev W. Bronk

Frederick Seitz
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Solomon Pikel'ner

Joseph S. Shklovsky and Samuel A. Kaplan
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Francis W. Sears

Mark W. Zemansky
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Sidney L. Simon

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Robert C. Perisho

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Albert Ralph Brosi

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Prospects for science advice office

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Short course in polymers precedes March meeting

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APS continues fellowship program

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Bell Labs executives express concern over antitrust suit

Gloria B. Lubkin
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Ramo and Baker head two White House advisory panels

Floyd C. Bennett
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New publication surveys postdoctoral employment

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Carroll Johnson elected ACA vice‐president

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AIP begins auxiliary publications service

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AIP Placement Center active at OSA meeting

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AVS chooses Hoffman as president‐elect

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R&D growth rate revives, Battelle believes

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Rasool takes up new post at NASA

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In Brief

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Good news: a new national lab

Harold L. Davis
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