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September 1986

Volume 39, Issue 9

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The Plasma Universe

Hannes Alfvén
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A model based on the emissions and behavior of the most prevalent material in the universe leads one to view the world as an active and rapidly changing place, and helps one analyze the development of its components.

Setting New Directions in Physics Teaching: PSSC 30 Years Later

Anthony P. French
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The famous high‐school physics course sought to excite students and prepare them for life in a technological society; three decades after its inception, it has also taught us important lessons about educational innovation.

Maria Goeppert Mayer: Atoms, Molecules and Nuclear Shells

Karen E. Johnson
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The mathematical physicist's early work in atomic and molecular physics, and her unfamiliarity with the “fashions” in nuclear physics, gave her the ideal preparation for solving the puzzle of the nuclear “magic numbers.”
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On Two Levels

Leo P. Kadanoff
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Multifractals and Fractals

Benoit B. Mandelbrot
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Apartheid

Tony Rothman, A. Bhattacharya, and Theo Van Wijk
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Where Credit is Due

A. Richard Thompson
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Correction

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Laser Beam Focus Forms Optical Trap for Neutral Atoms

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Now They're Even Trapping Antiprotons

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character

Richard P. Feynman and Malvin C. Teich, Reviewer
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Gravitational Physics of Stellar and Galactic Systems

William C. Saslaw and Halton Arp, Reviewer
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The Theory of Magnetism II: Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

D. C. Mattis and Werner P. Wolf, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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APS Forum Presents Awards to Rosenfeld and Keeny

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1985 French Physical Society Prizes

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In Brief

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John C. Wheatley

Oscar E. Vilches
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Theodore David Holstein

David Emin, Myron P. Garfunkel, Moises Levy, Bernard M. K. Nefkens, and Harvey Scher
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With NASA Grounded Until 1988, Space Science is ‘On Hold’

Irwin Goodwin
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Washington Ins and Outs: Key changes at Pentagon and OMB

Irwin Goodwin
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US Students Gain Bronzes in First Crack at Physics Olympiad

Irwin Goodwin
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Despite Superphénix Startup, Outlook for Breeders is Poor

William Sweet
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Application Deadline Nears for Senior Education Fellowship

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AIP Will Start Magazine–Journal on Computers and Physics

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Industrial Summer Intern Program is a Success Again

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Calendar

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The Pride of Physics

Jack M. Wilson
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