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March 1984

Volume 37, Issue 3

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A theorist's philosophy of science

Helier J. Robinson
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Considerations of perception illuminate and reconcile the issue that divides theorist and experimentalist in science, rationalist and empiricist in philosophy, and “airies” and “earthies” in general.

Accomplishments and promise of transplutonium research

O. Lewin Keller, Jr, Darlene C. Hoffman, Robert A. Penneman, and Gregory R. Choppin
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The 16 new elements added to the periodic table beyond uranium not only have contributed to our understanding of nuclear and atomic physics, but some have practical uses as well.

New sources of high‐power coherent radiation

Phillip Sprangle and Timothy Coffey
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Free‐electron lasers and cyclotron‐resonance masers show considerable promise for producing previously unattainable levels of power at wavelengths ranging from millimeters to the ultraviolet.

Modifying materials by intercalation

Mildred S. Dresselhaus
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By inserting layers of guest molecules into anisotropic materials such as graphite, materials scientists are producing compounds with controlled electronic, magnetic, structural and thermal properties.
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Unconventional conference

Leo Goldberg and Andrew Sessler
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Contributions to MX debate

Kosta Tsipis
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PhD not dropped

Franklin D. Schowengerdt
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Erroneous siting

Peter Carruthers and Richard Slansky
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Cost of astronomy in Chile

L. Woltjer, Jan Koornneef, and Nolan R. Walborn
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Negative reaction

Robert Erck
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Change in language

Burton Brody
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Errata available

G. Adomian
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Discovery of the neutron

Louis Brown and John S. Laughlin
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Numerical inaccuracies

Christopher C. Davis, John H. Moore, and Michael A. Coplan
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Dissemination penalties

T. M. Sanders and Irwin Goodwin
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Neutron spectrometry

Lawrence Cranberg
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Profession of teaching

Andrew Cordell
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Hyperfine data in astrophysics

George Wallerstein
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Scientific freedom

Richard A. McCorkle
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A death exaggerated

Robert F. Mozley and Bertram M. Schwarzschild
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Pay for students

Allen Rothwarf
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Research on Mideast

S. J. Adelman and Vladimir F. Tamari
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Correction

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Fermilab's superconducting synchrotron strives for 1 TeV

Gloria B. Lubkin
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Relativistic treatment of low‐energy nuclear phenomena

Bertram M. Schwarzschild
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APS assembles in Detroit

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Gauge Theories in Particle Physics

I. J. R. Aitchison, A. G. J. Hey, and Peter Higgs, Reviewer
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Leptons and Quarks

L. B. Okun and William J. Marciano, Reviewer
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Theory of Laser‐Atom Interactions

M. H. Mittleman and J. H. Eberly, Reviewer
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Materials at Low Temperatures

R. P. Reed, Editor, A. F. Clark, Editor, and Lawrence G. Rubin, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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American Physical Society bestows eight prizes

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ASP presents awards to six astronomers

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Physicists honored by Franklin Institute

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Royal Society presents Hughes Medal to Ward

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Felix Bloch

Robert Hofstadter
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Shimon Ofer

E. Rivka Bauminger and Solly G. Cohen
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William Ralph Bennett

Robert Novick
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Science management in the Third World

J. William McGowan
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Panels urge DOE become more sensitive to academic problems

Irwin Goodwin
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NAS studies major materials facilities

Irwin Goodwin
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Chicago provost to be Smithsonian chief

Irwin Goodwin
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Signs of trouble and erosion in grad schools, says US panel

Irwin Goodwin
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Survey finds salaries of US physicists rising, but sluggishly

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APS calls for better precollege education

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Clark is elected vice president of AAPT

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AIP and APS reduce journal page charges

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NSF funds Einstein papers to cover Swiss years

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Wilson heads study on accidents at light‐water reactors

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CSWP compiles directory of colloquium speakers

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calendar

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Restoring US–Soviet communications in science

Harold L. Davis
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