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June 1980

Volume 33, Issue 6

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Needs versus means in high‐energy physics

Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky
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To maintain the steady increase in collision energy achieved during the last fifty years, after the lifespan of currently planned accelerators and storage rings, will take new, still conjectural, ideas.

Advanced batteries for electric vehicles—a look at the future

William J. Walsh
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Improvements in lead–acid systems and successful developments in other chemical systems, including Ni∕Fe, Ni∕Zn, Li∕FeS, Zn/Cl2, and Na∕S, may help reduce our dependence on liquid fuels.

Einstein's impact on theoretical physics

Chen‐Ning Yang
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That symmetry dictates interactions, that geometry is at the heart of physics, and that formal beauty plays a role in describing the world are insights that have had a profound effect on current thought.
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Women in physics

Joe Levinger, Vera Kistiakowsky, Constance Kalbach, and Vera Kistiakowsky
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More on global problems

Geoffrey G. Eichholz and Robert E. Marshak
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Physique of physicists

L. S. Finegold
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Scholarly communications

Henry F. Davidson
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International language

E. Scott Barr
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National library

Margaret Dominy and Allan Wittman
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Chinese for physics

Kenneth Q. Lao
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Another visit to the USSR

Ray Hefferlin
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Humor wanted

Robert L. Weber
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Solid helium‐3 is not as simple as we thought

Barbara G. Levi
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Stable spin‐polarized atomic hydrogen

Bertram M. Schwarzschild
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PEP stores electrons and positrons

Gloria B. Lubkin
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Solid‐state physics in China

Gloria B. Lubkin
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Laue–Langevin Institute expands

Bertram M. Schwarzschild
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Scaling Concepts in Polymer Physics

P. G. de Gennes and Thomas A. Witten, Reviewer
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Atomic and Molecular Collisions

Sir Harrie Massey and Roy L. Champion, Reviewer
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Astronomy of the Ancients

K. Brecher, M. Feirtag, and E. C. Krupp, Reviewer
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The Optics of Nonimaging Concentrators: Light and Solar Energy

W. T. Welford, R. Winston, and Douglas C. Sinclair, Reviewer
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Models of Disorder: The Theoretical Physics of Homogeneously Disordered Systems

J. M. Ziman and David Thouless, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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National Academy of Sciences presents annual awards

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ASP to honor five astronomers

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Six physicists among IEEE award winners

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Vladimir Čermák

Zdenek Herman and Gordon Dunn
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Cecilia Payne‐Gaposchkin

Elske V. P. Smith
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Norman Hurd Ricker

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Research at General Electric

Roland W. Schmitt
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Muller and Baldwin selected as Congressional fellows

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Society picks UNIX computer typesetting system

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NASA budget for space sciences is 7% below 1980 level

Michael E. Jacobs
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DOD basic research: 10% real growth

Michael E. Jacobs
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CERN elects Schopper as director

Michael E. Jacobs
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Salam gives Nobel award to aid third‐world scientists

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NSF theory institute seeks suggestions for programs

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Private sector takes the lead in R&D increase

Michael E. Jacobs
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DOE and NSF are funding appropriate technology

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Carter establishes radiation policy council

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Joint US‐German project for coal liquefaction

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Ramsey to head AIP board; Johnson is new secretary

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AIP offers list of graduate assistantships

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AAS gives small grants to young astronomers

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In Brief

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Committing ourselves to study the past

Harold L. Davis
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