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June 1985

Volume 38, Issue 6

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Strategic Defense Initiative: The Politics and Science of Weapons in Space

Gerold Yonas
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A new research program is under way to study how lasers, particle beams and homing projectiles could destroy ballistic missiles to protect populations against a massive first strike.

The Strategic Defense Initiative: Perception vs Reality

Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky
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ABM defense technology deserves further research within treaty limits, but the “Star Wars” program is too large, too political, raises false hopes and poses grave dangers to national and world security.

The Differences Between One‐Dimensional and Three‐Dimensional Semiconductors

Esther M. Conwell
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At low temperatures, long‐chain polymers and stacked flat molecules acquire a bandgap near the Fermi level that prevents them from being metallic conductors and gives them interesting properties.

Math Anxiety and Physics: Some Thoughts on Learning ‘Difficult’ Subjects

Sheila Tobias
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It may not be anxiety alone that keeps many undergraduates out of physics, but also factors such as inappropriate learning styles and gaps in experience with the physical world.
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Strategic Misguidance

Herbert Lin
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Proliferation‐Resistant Breeder

William Higinbotham
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AIP Director

James R. Matey and Dion W. J. Shea
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Lateness

Stephen I. Warshaw and Gloria B. Lubkin
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Med School: A Bitter Pill

Mark Mandelkern
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Molecular Spectroscopy

Irving Ozier
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Redshift Debate

John Kierein
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Physics Hieroglyphics

Gordon R. Freeman
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High‐School Help

G. L. Dybwad and Arthur H. Reis, Jr.
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PACS Errata

Irving Lieblich
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Correction

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Atomic Beams Stopped by Laser Light, and Trapped

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Storage Ring Intensifies Los Alamos Neutron Source

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Information, Uncertainty, Complexity

J. F. Traub, G. W. Wasilkowski, H. Wozniakowski, John J. Bartholdi, III, Reviewer, and Joseph Ford, Reviewer
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The Experience of Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach

M. Goldstein, I. Goldstein, and Robert H. March, Reviewer
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Theory of Nuclear Structure

M. K. Pal and Larry Zamick, Reviewer
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Relativity and Engineering

J. Van Bladel and Andrew M. Sessler, Reviewer
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Direct Nuclear Reactions

Norman K. Glendenning and Ernest Rost, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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ASP Honors Cowling, Hertz, Cruikshank

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Flanagan, Fant Receive Ericsson Prize

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AIME Honors Watson for Work on Alloys

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Lauterbur to Direct New nmr Center

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Knotek New Head of National Synchrotron Light Source

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In Brief

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Charles J. Brasefield

Martin J. Arvin and George R. Arnold
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Charles Frederick Burrell

William S. Cooper, Robert V. Pyle, Wulf B. Kunkel, and Alfred S. Schlachter
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Forest F. Cleveland

S. Sundaram
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James N. McGruer

B. L. Cohen, N. Austern, and W. J. Choyke
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Wolfgang K. H. Schuebel

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Roman J. Wasilewski

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John V. Kline

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Incident Over SPIE Papers Muddies Scientific Secrecy Issue

Irwin Goodwin
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Reagan Names Panel to Recommend Goals for NASA's Future

Irwin Goodwin
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MacArthur Doubles the Money for Research on Arms Control

William Sweet
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Len Ackland Succeeds Ruth Adams at Bulletin

William Sweet
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AAPT Receives NSF Grant for Summer Teaching Workshops

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Corporate Support Grows for Young Investigator Program

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SURA Selects Grunder to Build and Direct CEBAF

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In Brief

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Thoughts on Becoming Editor

Gloria B. Lubkin
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