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April 1979

Volume 32, Issue 4

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The state of the APS and of physics in 1978

Norman F. Ramsey
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The retiring president reviews an eventful and critical year, with ERA and tax‐status problems in the foreground and employment prospects a continuing concern.

Charge‐density waves in transition‐metal compounds

Francis J. Di Salvo, Jr and T. Maurice Rice
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At low temperatures some crystals undergo a phase transition to a state in which the electron density displays periodic modulations incommensurate with the crystal lattice.

Social currents in weak interactions

D. Hywel White and Daniel Sullivan
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The controversy surrounding possible violation of the ΔS  =  ΔQ selection rule yields useful insights into the reward system of a scientific field.
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Natural laws for humans

Richard H. Bube
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Optional published refereeing

Kaplesh Kumar and R. A. Gordon
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Call for papers

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Tokamak instabilities

Y. Y. Lau
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Herzfeld 50 years ahead

R. S. Allgaier
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Immortality of deterrence

Herbert Jehle
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Corrections

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Squeezing xenon to a metal, sulfur to a superconductor

Gloria B. Lubkin
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Spin‐dependent proton elastic scattering

Thomas von Foerster
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High‐flux neutron source for fusion studies

Bertram M. Schwarzschild
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Superlattices show quantum effects

Bertram M. Schwarzschild
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Three Dimensional Nets and Polyhedra and Structure in Nature is a Strategy for Design

A. F. Wells, Peter Pearce, and Paul J. Shlichta, Reviewer
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Nuclear Power Reactor Safety

E. E. Lewis and Harold W. Lewis, Reviewer
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Industrial Applications of Lasers

J. F. Ready and Donald C. O'Shea, Reviewer
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Beyond the Moon

P. Maffei and Richard C. Hart, Reviewer
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Nuclear Weapons and World Politics: Alternatives for the Future

D. C. Gompert, M. Mandelbaum, R. L. Garwin, J. H. Barton, and Sidney D. Drell, Reviewer
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Atomic Nuclei and their Particles

E. J. Burge and Lawrence C. Biedenharn, Reviewer
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Mössbauer Isomer Shifts

G. K. Shenoy, Editor, F. E. Wagner, Editor, and H. Hollis Wickman, Reviewer
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Book Notes

Craig B. Waff, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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APS presents six awards at Chicago meeting

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Abraham Pais wins Oppenheimer prize

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MacCready wins AIAA Reed Aeronautics Award

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Hardy and Boyd share Steacie Prize

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Fifth Marconi Fellowship awarded to John Peirce

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Maurice Goldhaber
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Warren Weaver

Emanuel R. Piore
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Note on the game of editormanship

Agnes M. Herzberg
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Council establishes two new prizes

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Council elects committee members

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No Division or Forum dues in 1980

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In Brief

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DOE budget gives physics‐related research a 12% raise

Michael E. Jacobs
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NASA budget has no new programs

Craig B. Waff
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AAPT elects Kelly as vice‐president

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NYU inaugurates science‐policy center

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Wyckoff becomes vice‐president of ACA

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In Brief

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AIP in the public interest

Philip M. Morse and H. William Koch
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