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February 1985

Volume 38, Issue 2

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The Physics of Dance

Kenneth Laws
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Analyzing movements of dance in terms of Newtonian mechanics yields insights into aesthetic performance, and can be of value not only to students and teachers, but also to spectators of dance.

Asteroids and Comets

Tom Gehrels
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The formation of the Sun and planets left remnants, such as the million objects larger than 1 km between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, that give us a look at the original building blocks of the solar system.

Wallace Clement Sabine and Acoustics

Leo L. Beranek
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Using the resources of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Sabine changed architectural acoustics from an obscure body of knowledge to an experimental science.

Ultra‐High‐Current Electron Induction Accelerators

Chris A. Kapetanakos and Phillip Sprangle
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American and Soviet physicists are building accelerators that use time‐varying magnetic fields to generate electron pulses of many kiloamps for some unconventional applications.
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Noncrystalline Semiconductors

Albert Rose and Hellmut Fritzsche
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Superpolymers

Raj Rajagopalan
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Why is There an Arms Race?

R. Mirman
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Nuclear Spin Waves

Robert M. Mueller
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Clarify the Language of Science

Janet N. Ryan
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Identifying the Higgs Boson

John P. Rutherfoord
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The Gyroscope Experiment

Robert F. O'Connell
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Pair Theory in QED

Robert C. Stabler, George H. Vineyard, and George L. Trigg
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Nuclear Tip from Canada

Michael Spender
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Corrections

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Forbidden Fivefold Symmetry May Indicate Quasicrystal Phase

Bertram Schwarzschild
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High‐Resolution Photo of Protoplanetary Disk Orbiting Star

Bertram Schwarzschild


See Also: Erratum | Erratum

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A Century of Particle Physics: An Introduction for Nonscientists

Steven Weinberg and Earle C. Fowler, Reviewer
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The New Astronomy

N. Henbest, M. Marten, and Heinrich Eichhorn, Reviewer
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The Cambridge Photographic Atlas of the Planets

G. A. Briggs and F. W. Taylor
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Book Note

Stephen G. Brush, C. W. F. Everitt, Elizabeth Garber, and Alexander Hellemans, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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Heineman Prize to Ruelle; AAPT Honors Treiman, Neugebauer

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First Frenkiel Award for Fluid Mechanics to Herbolzheimer

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Coleman Receives Bingham Medal from Society of Rheology

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APS Southeastern Section Honors Research, Teaching

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MRS Presents 1984 Von Hippel Award to Brown

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Oppenheimer Prize Presented to John A. Wheeler

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Alois Schardt

T. J. Birmingham, F. B. Mcdonald, and T. G. Northrop
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Raymond C. Grimm

John L. Johnson and Robert L. Dewar
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Avadh Behari Bhatia

M. Razavy and S. B. Woods
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Gifford G. Scott

Lerinda Frost
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Donald E. Cunningham

William C. Kelly
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Winfred M. Schwarz

Charles D. Swartz and Alfred T. Goble
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Edward A. Burke

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Philip T. Smith

John W. Liska
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Marvin E. Wyman

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Acoustics and Education in Physics

Rong‐Jue Wei
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As US Quits UNESCO, Concerns Rise About Global Science

Irwin Goodwin
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Sampler of What UNESCO Does in Physics and Other Fields

Irwin Goodwin
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Keck Foundation Offers Caltech $70 Million for 10‐m Telescope

William Sweet
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AIP Corporate Associates in St. Louis

Gloria Lubkin
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Donald Holcomb Elected New Vice‐President of AAPT

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Search Committee Established for Physics Today Editor

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Singleton is President‐Elect of American Vacuum Society

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International Physics Group Seeks Names for Committee

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APS, NSF Cooperate on Equal Opportunities for Women

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All Hail the Keck Ten‐Meter Telescope Project

Jesse L. Greenstein
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