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January 1978

Volume 31, Issue 1

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Neutrons and fission

André Michaudon
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Experimental data on such studies as fission isomerism and structure in neutron‐induced fission cross sections show how the double‐hump fission barrier concept has returned fission to the mainstream of nuclear physics.

Electron diffraction: fifty years ago

Richard K. Gehrenbeck
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A look back at the experiment that established the wave nature of the electron, at the events that led up to the discovery, and at the principal investigators, Clinton Davisson and Lester Germer.

APS‐AAPT meet in San Francisco

Robin A. White
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This year's joint meeting features sessions on earthquake prediction, Earth resources studies, the application of physics to the petroleum industry and the changing role of women in the scientific community.
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Injustice of the patent system—one scientist's story

Howard L. Poss
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Refuting relativity?

Mendel Sachs and Beatrice M. Tinsley
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H. G. Wells and isotopes

T. J. Manuccia, L. J. Palumbo, and T. G. Finn
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Sexism in science

Vera C. Rubin
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Electron beam fusion

Peter J. Turchi and F. Winterberg
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Conserving helium

Leonard M. Ball
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Thinking small about energy

Yale Jay Lubkin
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Four new tokamaks will each try for a finite power output

Gloria B. Lubkin
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Anisotropy in blackbody radiation shows Earth's motion

Gloria B. Lubkin
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Two‐level atom shows photon antibunching

Gloria B. Lubkin
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The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space; Space Settlements: A Design Study; Colonies in Space; and Colonies in Space: The Next Giant Step

G. K. O'Neill, R. D. Johnson, Editor, C. Holbrow, Editor, T. A. Heppenheimer, F. Golden, and Philip K. Chapman, Reviewer
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An Introduction to Regge Theory and High Energy Physics

P. D. B. Collins and Henry D. I. Abarbanel, Reviewer
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Superconducting Electron‐Optic Devices

I. Dietrich and Benjamin M. Siegel, Reviewer
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The Key to the Universe

N. Calder and Drasko D. Jovanovic, Reviewer
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An Introduction to Biophysics

C. Sybesma and Franklin Hutchinson, Reviewer
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Structural Stability, the Theory of Catastrophes, and Applications in the Sciences and Singularity Theory and an Introduction to Catastrophe Theory

P. Hilton, Editor, Y.‐C. Lu, and Lawrence S. Schulman, Reviewer
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Fundamental Principles of Heat Transfer

S. Whitaker and C. L. Tien, Reviewer
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Book Notes

Craig B. Waff
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New Books

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New Products

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Franklin Institute honors Harris, Crewe and six others

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AAPM Coolidge Award to Edith Quimby

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Francis Dart

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Edgar Lipworth

Max Chretien
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D. Nelson Limber

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Congressional Fellows choose Washington posts

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Applications sought for Industrial Fellowships

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AIP Corporate Associates examine trends in research

Gloria B. Lubkin
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NBS problems come under Congressional scrutiny

Craig B. Waff
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Frank Press sees role in short‐term plans

Gloria B. Lubkin
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Azbel describes problems of refusniks

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Funding for chemistry computation center

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Miami's program to turn PhD's into MD's succeeds

Robin A. White
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S of R elects Bagley as vice‐president

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AIP to send journal articles by satellite

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In Brief

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Calendar

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Threat to international science

Harrison Brown
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