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July 1984

Volume 37, Issue 7

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Select this Article		Research on conceptual understanding in mechanics Lillian C. McDermott


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	+ -	Show Topic Recent investigations of the difficulties that students encounter in learning physics are beginning to provide a new resource for improving instruction.

Select this Article		Computational synergetics Norman J. Zabusky


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	+ -	Show Topic As a heuristic tool, used to explore complex dynamical behavior, computers allow us to discover unexpected linkages and new concepts in nonlinear systems.

Select this Article		The Harvard summer school in astronomy David H. DeVorkin


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	+ -	Show Topic The annual conferences that Harlow Shapley organized from 1935 through 1942 fostered the growth of astrophysics in the US, and were the model that inspired similar sessions on other campuses.

Select this Article		AIP in 1983


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	+ -	Show Topic This annual report details a year of positive trends for the Institute and its Member Societies.

LETTERS

Select this Article		We cannot ignore Soviet rights violations Edward Gerjuoy, Pierre Hohenberg, Herman Feshbach, Julian Heicklen, J. David Jackson, Joel L. Lebowitz, and Peter S. Pershan


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Select this Article		Physics on microcomputers Richard Branham, Jon Forrest, Andrew E. DePristo, Stephen T. Elbert, David V. Anderson, Donald Esterling, Roberto Ambrosetti, Naseem K. Rahman, Dietrich Stauffer, and Per Bak


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Select this Article		Physics News in 1983 F. W. Prosser, George Hadjipanayis, T. R. Sandin, Shrinivas Kulkarni, Ali Alpar, Clair J. Cheer, and David L. Hill


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Select this Article		Secondary science teaching Martin D. Stewart


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Select this Article		Consultant‐fee problem Ernest W. Kuehl, Jr


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Select this Article		Fusion criterion J. Rand McNally, Jr and Bertram M. Schwarzschild See Also: Erratum


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Select this Article		Size of manuscript paper H. De Waard and Peter D. Adams


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SEARCH AND DISCOVERY

Select this Article		High‐spin molecular rotation spectra are surprisingly simple Bertram M. Schwarzschild


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Select this Article		New tandem mirror machine starts operation at MIT


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BOOKS

Select this Article		The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes S. Chandrasekhar and Allen I. Janis, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Biophysics Walter Hoppe, Editor, Wolfgang Lohmann, Editor, Hubert Markl, Editor, Hubert Ziegler, Editor, and Thomas von Foerster, Reviewer


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Select this Article		New Books


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NEW PRODUCTS

Select this Article		New Products


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WE HEAR THAT

Select this Article		Fermi Award to Hollaender and Lawrence


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Select this Article		Steacie Prize for 1983 to William G. Unruh


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Select this Article		Revelle receives Vannevar Bush Award


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Select this Article		MacArthur Fellowships for Nelson, Meselson


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Select this Article		New award for work on electromagnetic launchers


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Select this Article		In Brief


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OBITUARIES

Select this Article FREE		Herbert M. Parker Ronald L. Kathren


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GUEST COMMENT

Select this Article		Liberal‐arts education for the 21st century Edward A. Knapp


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WASHINGTON REPORTS

Select this Article		Pentagon lowers heat on science secrecy—maybe Irwin Goodwin


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Select this Article		Knapp resigns, Bloch named NSF head Irwin Goodwin


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PHYSICS COMMUNITY

Select this Article		Retired scientists provide valuable volunteer work William Sweet


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Select this Article		Floyd Dunn elected Acoustical Society President


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Select this Article		Funding increases for arms‐control research William Sweet


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NEWS FROM APS

Select this Article		Izzo and Sweedler to be Congressional Fellows in 1985


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CALENDAR

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EDITORIAL

Select this Article		Arms control as a public service Harold L. Davis


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