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June 1984

Volume 37, Issue 6

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Native American astronomy

Anthony F. Aveni
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Archaeoastronomers are documenting the work of the astronomers of pre‐Columbian America, drawing on such evidence as ancient written ephemerides and precise astronomical alignments of surviving architecture.

Atomic physics with synchrotron radiation

Bernd Crasemann and François Wuilleumier
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A powerful probe of the structure and dynamics of atoms promises not only to help solve problems in applied physics, but to test our understanding of quantum electrodynamics, relativity and many‐body phenomena.

APS and the international physics community in 1983

Robert E. Marshak
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The past president of APS reviews the issues that occupied the attention of US physicists last year, including a new emphasis on international physics.

Elephants and mahouts—early days in semiconductor physics

Frank Herman
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Research on band structures of diamond‐type crystals and germanium‐silicon alloys, undertaken in the 1950s to advance the development of transistors,led to a surprisingly different outcome.
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Unions of the campus

Charles Nissim‐Sabat and Edward Harrison
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Scientific freedom

Bryan G. Wallace
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Numerical observatory

Anthony L. Peratt
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Worth of a BS

S. I. Salem
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Editorial changes

Ralph Baierlein
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More on nuclear winter

Lloyd P. Hunter and Richard Turco
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SSC design goes to DOE: ICFA discusses CERN hadron collider

Gloria B. Lubkin
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Nuclear spin waves seen in dilute polarized gases

Bertram M. Schwarzschild
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The Cult of the Atom: The Secrets of the Atomic Energy Commission; Nukespeak: Nuclear Language, Visions, and Mindset; and The Nuclear Barons

D. Ford, S. Hilgartner, R. C. Bell, R. O'Connor, P. Pringel, J. Spigelman, and Gordon Adams, Reviewer
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With Enough Shovels: Reagan, Bush & Nuclear War

R. Scheer and Nina Byers, Reviewer
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The Final Epidemic: Physicians and Scientists on Nuclear War

R. Adams, Editor, S. Cullen, Editor, and Karl Z. Morgan, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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Ten physicists honored for work in optics

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ASA Gold Medal and Biennial Award

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Hugh Odishaw

John S. Coleman
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Issai Lefkowitz

Robert Lontz
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Role of strategic space forces in a non‐nuclear world

Freeman J. Dyson
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Ballistic missile defense systems under scrutiny

Irwin Goodwin
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Presidential awards for young investigators in physics

Irwin Goodwin
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University of Texas gets 32 new chairs, four in physics

William Sweet
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AAS elects vice‐president

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Third World scientists form Academy

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ACA establishes new award to honor M. J. Buerger

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Microchip exhibit starting museum tour at Exploratorium

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Hall becomes director of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy

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Second grant to Caltech for ‘Mechanical Universe’

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Westinghouse funds new optics center at Carnegie–Mellon

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Institute of Physics to publish journal on quantum gravity

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AAPT to move to University of Maryland this summer

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Richard Waring reelected Sigma Pi Sigma president

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Science writer Tierney wins AIP–US Steel Foundation prize

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In Brief

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New APS newsletter available to members via Telemail system

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Memorial resolutions for Bloch and Mayer

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AIP Directory of staff members to go free to APS members

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Ramavataram fund to bring teachers from India to US

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Council begins life‐membership category

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Council considers criteria for APS fellowship

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Coupling industry to basic research

Edward E. David, Jr
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