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January 1986

Volume 39, Issue 1

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Metal‐Semiconductor Interfaces

John H. Weaver
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The mixing of atoms at boundaries produces regions with distinctive properties; the resulting combinations have a wide variety of uses—from smaller microelectronic devices to new, exotic composite materials.

Von Kármán: Fluid Dynamics and Other Things

William R. Sears
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He was one of the pioneers of aerodynamics, contributing the concepts of vortex streets and explaining the sand ripples in the desert, and he practically invented consulting.

Reviving the Spirit of Enterprise: Role of the Federal Labs

Paul A. Blanchard and Frank B. McDonald
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Since a 1983 report of the White House Science Council recommended strengthening the role of Federal laboratories in America's R&D, progress in transferring technology has ranged from impressive to modest. Congress is accelerating the action.

Reflections on the 1974 APS Energy Study

Robert H. Socolow
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A participant in a study made in the wake of the oil‐price surges asks: Have the events of the past decade vindicated the study's conclusion that greater well‐being does not require more energy?

Physics News in 1985

Phillip F. Schewe
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Making Nuclear Weapons Obsolete

Robert Jastrow
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Noncrystalline Semiconductors

S. R. Ovshinsky, D. Adler, William Paul, and Henry Ehrenreich
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Proton Storage Ring

G. H. Lander and F. A. Morse
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The Magnetron

Ernest G. Linder and James E. Brittain
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Concepts Before Names

John E. Beach
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Currents in Normal‐Metal Rings Exhibit Aharonov–Bohm Effect

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Measuring the Hubble Constant

Bruce Schechter
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AAPT and APS Meet in Atlanta

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L'Ordre dans le Choas and Deterministic Chaos: An Introduction

P. Bergé, Y. Pomeau, Ch. Vidal, H. G. Schuster, and Jerry P. Gollub, Reviewer
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Kapitza, Rutherford and the Kremlin

Lawrence Badash and Mark Kuchment, Reviewer
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The Ideas of Particle Physics: An Introduction for Scientists

James E. Dodd and Robert March, Reviewer
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Chaos

Hao Bal‐Lin and Alexander Hellemans, Reviewer
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New Books

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Corrections

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New Products

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Optical Society of America Honors Twelve

Margaret Marynowski
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AAS Gives Awards for 1985

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Gravity Research Foundation Presents Awards

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American Crystallographic Association Honors Two

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William Harrington Evans

David Garvin and D. D. Wagman
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Modified SDI Stresses Rockets and Free‐Electron Lasers

William Sweet
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Countdown at NASA: Beggs Steps Aside for Graham

Irwin Goodwin
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Space Physicists Issue Report Amid Gloom

Irwin Goodwin
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Academies Will Build Western Outpost

Irwin Goodwin
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Some Physicists Speak Out in Favor of Star Wars Research

William Sweet
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Spielberg Funds Search for ETs by Harvard–Smithsonian

William Sweet
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OSA Elects Bridges 1986 Vice‐President

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California Regents Will Renew Contracts for Labs

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Dealy is 1986 Vice‐President of Society of Rheology

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AIP and OSA Agree Translate Chinese Journal of Lasers

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Physicists in Medicine Choose Carson President‐Elect

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In Brief

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APS Selects 28 Minority Students for Corporate Scholarships

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HSU Wins Award for College Achievement

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Calendar

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Enhancing Mission‐Agency Basic Research

Mildred S. Dresselhaus
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