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October 1985

Volume 38, Issue 10

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Niels Bohr

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An album of photographs of Bohr at work and at home

Bohr's First Theories of the Atom

John L. Heilbron
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Bohr's early work on atomic models reveals the method that served him so well: Identify failures of theory and exploit them, even if that means departing from ordinary concepts.

Niels Bohr as Fund Raiser

Finn Aaserud
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Bohr's dealings with the Rockefeller Foundation were decisive in bringing about the successful reorientation of his institute from atomic to nuclear physics in the 1930s.

Bringing the News of Fission to America

Roger H. Stuewer


See Also: Erratum

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The news of this discovery reached America in January 1939; notwithstanding communication problems, Niels Bohr succeeded in protecting the priority of Lise Meitner and Otto Frisch's interpretation of the experiment.

Niels Bohr, the Man

John Archibald Wheeler
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His mode of doing physics, “man to man” as in a tennis match, his insights into quantum theory and indeterminacy, and his work for an open world were all infused by his principle of complementarity.
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SDI: Political Realities

Marilyn Lloyd, Marvin King, Carroll B. Mills, Robert H. Good, Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky, Richard L. Kaufmann, and George Wallerstein
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Educating Teachers

Martin D. Stewart
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Fivefold Symmetry

Alexander A. Berezin and J. W. Cahn
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Warning to Vacuum Users

Charles F. Morrison
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Apartheid

A. Bhattacharya, Murray Goldman, T. Schaffer, and Charles Hyde‐Wright
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Physics and Politics

Natan Andrei and B. V. Sreekantan
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Correction

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Quasiperiodic Oscillations Probe Galactic X‐Ray Sources

Bruce Schechter
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NRC Panel Assesses Magnetic Materials Research

Bertram Schwarzschild
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American Vacuum Society Meets in Houston

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The Invisible Unviverse: Probing the Frontiers of Astrophysics

George B. Field, Eric J. Chaisson, and Jay M. Pasachoff, Reviewer
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The Philosophy of Niels Bohr: The Framework of Complementarity

Henry Folse and Abner Shimony, Reviewer
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Atmospheric Electrodynamics

Hans Vollan, Jai S. Kim, Reviewer, and Bernard Vonnegut, Reviewer
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Quantum Field Theory

F. Mandl, G. Shaw, and Stephen Gasiorowicz, Reviewer
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Niels Bohr: The Man, His Science and the World They Changed

Ruth Moore and Alexander Hellemans, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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Institute of Physics 1985 Awards

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Porter Receives Society of Rheology Bingham Medal

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Washington Ins and Outs: NSF and SSC consortium

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In Brief

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William Weber Buechner

Harald A. Enge
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James Welles Shearer

William A. Lokke, Gilbert W. Leppelmeier, Gary D. Porter, and Sara G. Sanders
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Harold Frederic Stimson

James F. Schooley
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Calvin Wong

John D. Anderson
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Funding Academic Research Facilities: A Duel Over Tactics

Irwin Goodwin
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Upgrading Academic Research Equipment: Search for Solutions

Irwin Goodwin
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NSF Idea: Materials Research Groups

Irwin Goodwin


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New Japanese Journal, Parity, to Translate Physics Today

William Sweet
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AIP Renews Physics Briefs Agreement

William Sweet
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AIP Book Division Getting Organized

William Sweet
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Texas Teacher Honored by AAPT is Forced to Resign Her Job

William Sweet
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Hein of South Dakota State is Nameed Outstanding SPS Adviser

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European Physical Society Launches Europhysics Letters

William Sweet
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More Physics Degrees Awarded at All Levels in 1983–84

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Kirwan Takes Over Editorship of Physics Teacher from Swartz

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Optical Society Takes New Initiatives in Education

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Smithsonian Selects Goldberg for New Space History Chair

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In Brief

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APS Study of Radionuclide Releases is Available as Reprint

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Council Approves Reduced Page Charges for Two Journals

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Applications Deadline Nears for Summer Industrial Internships

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Niels Bohr, the Quantum, and the World

Victor F. Weisskopf
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