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September 1985

Volume 38, Issue 9

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A New Level of Structure

O. W. Greenberg
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In the standard model of matter, there are five stages of compositeness—molecules, atoms, nuclei, nucleons, and quarks and leptons—but we are beginning to see regularities at the fifth layer that may point to a deeper, sixth level of structure.

What is the Lithosphere?

John C. Maxwell
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We live on a highly dynamic Earth whose stony outer portion participates in a massive convection of matter that continually builds, destroys and moves plates of continental and oceanic crust.

The American Connection to Soviet Microelectronics

Mark Kuchment
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A former Soviet physicist solves a longstanding mystery about the identities of two Americans who disappeared during the Rosenberg spy case and engaged in technology transfer for the Kremlin

Nuclear Winter: A Matter of Degrees

Barbara G. Levi and Tony Rothman
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The major climatic effects from nuclear war would come from soot generated by urban fires; much research will be needed to clarify the uncertainties.
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Funding Big Science

Rustum Roy and Leon Lederman
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Quasar Redshifts

Anthony L. Peratt
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Colliding‐Beam Physics

J. Haissinski and Leon M. Lederman
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SDI Non‐Nuclear?

A. Hasegawa
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Math Anxiety and Physics

B. Dudley, James F. Blake, H. J. Hunter, and Sheila Tobias
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Corrections

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Chaotic Orbits and Spins in the Solar System

Bertram Schwarzchild
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Cornell Electron‐Positron Ring to be Upgraded

Bertram Schwarzchild
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Rutherford: A Scientist ‘Larger Than Life’

David Wilson and Maurice Goldhaber, Reviewer
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Cambridge Physics in the Thirties

John Hendry, Editor
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Recent Developments in Computing, Processor and Software Research for High‐Energy Physics

Rene Donaldson, Michael N. Kreisler, and Stewart C. Loken, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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Herring, Nozières and Marcus Receive Wolf Awards

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AAPT Honors Leonard Joseem and James Gerhart

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National Academy of Sciences Names 60 New Members

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Denis M. Robinson
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William L. McMillan

John Bardeen, Jack Mochel, Michael Wortis, and Ravindra Bhatt
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Edward Lee Cooperman

Dorothy S. Woolum and Roger Dittmann
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Gerald Chanin

M. P. Garfunkel
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James Howard McMillen

Raymond J. Seeger and Joel A. Snow
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Sam Legvold

Clayton A. Swenson, Douglas K. Finnkmore, and Karl A. Gschneidner, Jr.
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John F. Noxon

Eldon E. Ferguson
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Ömer Kaymakcalan

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DOE Offers SSC Site Document, But Sidesteps Its Endorsement

Irwin Goodwin
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Limits on NSF Supercomputers Stir Furor on Campuses

Irwin Goodwin
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In Brief

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British Particle Physicists Reject Proposed Cuts for CERN

William Sweet
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Kendrew and Llewellyn Smith Face Off on Report

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Report Praises Field But Suggests Slow‐Down

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Materials Research Society and AIP Found New Journal

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AIP Insists on Freedom of Information

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New Smithsonian Exhibit Observes Laser's 25th Birthday

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Student Pugwash Promotes Science and Public Policy

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Caltech's Television Physics Course Starts to Air This Month

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Calendar

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Award Honors Goeppert‐Mayer, Recognizes Women Physicists

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Groups Sponsor Matching Grants for Foreign Memberships

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Education Papers Solicited for Winter Meeting

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New Strategies for Funding Academic Research Facilities

Roland W. Schmitt
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