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September 1981

Volume 34, Issue 9

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Computer‐based instruction in physics

Alfred Bork
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Students are learning physical principles from well‐programmed computers, which engage them in dialog, allow them to display and manipulate physical laws and then diagnose their educational progress.

Track‐recording solids

Steven P. Ahlen, Gregory Tarlé, and P. Buford Price
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Simple dielectric solids, which reveal through chemical etching the tracks left by fast‐moving nuclei, are being used as particle detectors in a growing number of scientific and technological areas.

Creativity and ways of thinking: the Japanese style

Makoto Kikuchi
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Nonlinear modes of thought using pattern‐recognition rather than Western “digital” approaches and a highly formalized education contribute to the Japanese scientific method.
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The boojum returns

Lee G. Pondrom, Peter Pesch, Gordon R. Freeman, Kenneth Sassen, and N. David Mermin
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More on mass versus weight

James Rainwater, L. J. Giacoletto, Louis F. Sokol, T. Tsang, Fred Ordway, Howard Voss, Donald F. Nelson, Peter Mikes, Albert A. Bartlett, and David T. Goldman
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Organic superconductivity

M. Revzen, A. Ron, J. Zak, and Denis Jerome
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Fund for young physicists

C. H. Barrow
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Leadership in science education

Harold Davis
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Studies revise dose estimates of A‐bomb survivors

Bertram M. Schwarzschild
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Reversed‐field pinch stable 8 msec

Bertram M. Schwarzschild
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A tandem mirror in place at MFTF

Bertram M. Schwarzschild
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Chinese‐American project studies earthquake motion

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APS Plasma Physics Division meets in New York City

Jay J. Iorio
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Topics will include space plasma, laser fusion, mirrors, beam fusion, tokamaks, heating and simulation, and general theory
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John von Neumann and Norbert Wiener: From Mathematics to the Technologies of Life and Death

S. J. Heims and Robert Andersen, Reviewer
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Computers and Instrumentation: A Practical Handbook of Measurement, Interfacing and Control Circuits

A. Carrick and Paul Horowitz, Reviewer
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Nuclear Nightmares: An Investigation into Possible Wars

N. Calder and George Rathjens, Reviewer
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Popular Lectures on Mathematical Logic

W. Hao and Francine Abeles, Reviewer
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Cosmic X‐Ray Astronomy

D. J. Adams and David Helfand, Reviewer
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Gay‐Lussac, Scientist and Bourgeois

M. Crosland and Owen Hannaway, Reviewer
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The Physics of the Interstellar Medium

J. E. Dyson, D. A. Williams, and A. Dalgarno, Reviewer
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Theory and Applications of Electron Spin Resonance and Spin Exchange: Principles and Applications in Chemistry and Biology

W. Gordy, Yu. Molin, K. Salikhov, K. Zamaraev, and James S. Hyde, Reviewer
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Sir William Rowan Hamilton

Thomas L. Hankins and I. Bernard Cohen, Reviewer
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Experimental High‐Resolution Electron Microscopy

J. C. H. Spence and Albert V. Crewe, Reviewer
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Electrons at the Fermi Surface

M. Springford, Editor and W. R. Datars, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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London Award to Leggett, Reppy and Rudnick

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AAPM presents Coolidge Award to Kereiakes

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Optical Society honors Francon and Mills

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In Brief

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Beatrice Tinsley

Sandra Faber
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Richard M. Bozorth

Elizabeth A. Wood
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Willis H. Flygare

David Chandler and Harry G. Drickamer
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Robert M. Kalbach

Winslow F. Baker
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Inertial confinement fusion and basic research

Friedwardt Winterberg
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Funds for NSF science education still in doubt

Jean Coonan
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No Israeli visas for India meeting

Daniel Gladstone
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Trivelpiece to head DOE Office of Energy Research

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Giacconi is director of space telescope institute

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AIP gives four awards at 50th anniversary meeting

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Society of Physics Students elects Eidson

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Subscription rates rise for AIP‐owned journals

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AIP‐produced spots: news from microworlds

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In Brief

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Sixteen were APS Industrial Interns this summer

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Congressional Fellowship applications sought

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Cumulative Index is published

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Calendar

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