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September 1984

Volume 37, Issue 9

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Stimulated desorption from surfaces

Michael L. Knotek
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New techniques for probing the complex electronic excitations that expel atoms and ions from surfaces are putting new demands on our picture of the surface bond.

Experiment and mathematics in Newton's theory of color

Alan E. Shapiro
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Newton's decade‐long struggle to devise a mathematical theory of color—abandoned in his landmark Opticks—gives unusual insight into his concept of a scientific theory.

High‐pressure research with synchrotron radiation

Earl F. Skelton
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As diamond anvils subject solids to pressures beyond a million atmospheres, synchrotron x rays find new phase transitions between states of different crystallographic structure.

Thermodynamics in finite time

Bjarne Andresen, Peter Salamon, and R. Stephen Berry
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Asking how well systems can perform if they are to deliver power, not just energy, leads to investigations both in abstract, fundamental thermodynamics and in almost‐applicable physics, such as determining the optimal motion of a piston.
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FORTRAN: “for the birds”

H. A. Hartung
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Incomplete phase separation

Frederick Seitz
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Earthies, airies: round two

Isaac C. Sanchez, Don Winterstein, Eginhart Biedermann, and Helier J. Robinson
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More on how to soar

Lloyd P. Hunter
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Canadian nuke tips

Carroll B. Mills
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Corrections

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Stanford linear collider scheduled to operate in 1986

Bertram M. Schwarzschild
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Fusion experiments have begun at Antares

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Nova nears completion

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Women in Science: Portraits from a World in Transition

Vivian Gornick and Dorrit Hoffleit, Reviewer
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Supersymmetry and Supergravity

J. Wess, J. Bagger, and Pran Nath, Reviewer
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Introduction to Health Physics. Second Edition

H. Cember and James E. Turner, Reviewer
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Quarks, Leptons & Gauge Fields

K. Huang and Jeffrey E. Mandula, Reviewer
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Quantum Field Theory

C. Itzykson, J.‐B. Zuber, and Peter Higgs, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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IEEE Medal of Honor to Norman Foster Ramsey

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1983 Ernest O. Lawrence Awards

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ACA Awards to Jerome Karle and Herbert A. Hauptman

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NAE awards to Harold E. Edgerton and Simon Ramo

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National Academy of Sciences elects 60 new members

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New prize for materials research established in Holland

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Hans Michael Mark to head University of Texas system

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Gravity Research Foundation announces winning essayists

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Gregory Aminoff Medal to David Harker

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In Brief

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Joseph Rotblat
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Elliott Waters Montroll

Michael F. Shlesinger, Hugh M. Van Horn, and Robert W. Zwanzig
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Richard Georg Ivars Allas

Rollon O. Bondelid
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A World organization for the future of high‐energy physics

R. R. Wilson
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SURA accelerator redux: The scientific case is reexamined

Irwin Goodwin
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Panel puts aside differences, lists major materials facilities

Irwin Goodwin
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Out on bail, Zehe awaits trial as spy

Irwin Goodwin
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NAS committee decries low Federal support for pure math

William Sweet
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Applied math programs attract more money

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College students take much more math

William Sweet
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Foundations award new grants for video science productions

William Sweet
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Stanford team writes curricula on peace and violence

William Sweet
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New center studies climate trends

William Sweet
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More US students enroll in physics

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AIP will issue new abstracts journal starting in 1985

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AIP Executive Committee cuts page charges for journals

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Minority students receive corporate awards for 1984–85

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APS provides new abstracts journal

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Sakharov chosen for APS Fellowship

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Foreign students are eligible for APS∕STEP travel grants

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APS reduces page charges for Physical Review and Letters

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Exxon Educational Foundation funds China program

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calendar

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Joining forces for better science education

Harold L. Davis
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