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June 1982

Volume 35, Issue 6

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Laser annealing of silicon

John M. Poate and Walter L. Brown
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Scanned and pulsed laser beams rapidly heat silicon surfaces, revealing basic mechanisms of crystallization and amorphization, while paving the way for the fabrication of novel semiconductor devices.

The Continuation Method

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The need to solve systems of polynomial equations arises in pursuits ranging from geometric optics to chemical kinetics. A practical method of solution, developed at the General Motors Research Laboratories, provides designers of mechanical parts with a new capability.

Small polarons

David Emin
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Excess charges trap themselves in solids or liquids by shifting the surrounding atoms, yielding entities whose behavior sheds light on phenomena ranging from charge solvation to photocarrier survival.

My work with Millikan on the oil‐drop experiment

Harvey Fletcher
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In this personal reminiscence the late author recounts his experiences as a graduate student in the Ryerson laboratory in Chicago and his contribution to the determination of the electron's charge.
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What happened to Einstein's papers?

E. J. Post
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Velikovsky again

Jean C. Piquette, John F. Moore, and S. F. Kogan
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Solar powers from satellites

Peter E. Glaser
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Hiroshima, revolution & physics

Lawrence Cranberg and Spencer Weart
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Does the universe expand?

B. Abramenko
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Complaint about PACS

Jeff Hecht and John T. Scott
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Physics for architects

Ronald Brown, Anthony Buffa, and David Hafemeister
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“Scientific” creationism

D. Russell Humphreys, John C. Bortz, John L. Doane, Daryl Ann Doane, Kenneth Albertsen, H. R. Brooker, John I. Mahler, and Charles E. Chaffey
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Does glass creep?

Stuart Lindsay and James C. Phillips
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Arms reduction proposal

Richard J. McDonald
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RF tokamak drive

Abraham Bers
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Cabrera counts flux quanta to find a Dirac monopole

Gloria B. Lubkin
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Hunting neutron–antineutron oscillation

Bertram M. Schwarzschild
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Livermore flash‐radiography facility

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Elements of Soliton Theory; Solitons: Mathematical Methods for Physicists; and Solitons and the Inverse Scattering Transform

G. L. Lamb, Jr, G. Ellenberger, M. Ablowitz, H. Segur, and Chia Hsiung Tze, Reviewer
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X‐ray Astronomy

J. L. Culhane, P. W. Stanford, and Haldan Cohn, Reviewer
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The Theory of Atomic Structure and Spectra

R. D. Cowan and Yong‐Ki Kim, Reviewer
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Field Theory: A Modern Primer

P. Ramond and H. M. Fried, Reviewer
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Electric Fields of the Brain: The Neurophysics of EEG

P. L. Nunez and Erich Harth, Reviewer
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The Physics of Glaciers

W. S. B. Paterson and John T. Andrews, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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Clayton and Feher win Biological Physics Prize

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Crystallographers elect Karle

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In Brief

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Harry F. Olson

Leo L. Beranek
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Jan Schilt

Peter van De Kamp
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Thomas L. Weatherly

Joel Q. Williams and Charles H. Braden
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Will the real SETI please stand up?

Frank D. Drake
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How will revisions to export regulations affect research?

Jean Coonan
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UCS urges no first use of nuclear arms

Jean Coonan
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AAS deplores creationist intrusions into public schools

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Roderick M. Grant is new AIP secretary

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AAPT selects wilson to succeed Strassenburg

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In Brief

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Nuclear war—educating the public

Harold L. Davis
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