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October 1987

Volume 40, Issue 10

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Grappling with Complexity

Norman J. Zabusky
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Special Issue: Computational Physics

A Numerical Laboratory

Karl‐Heinz A. Winkler, Jay W. Chalmers, Stephen W. Hodson, Paul R. Woodward, and Norman J. Zabusky
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One can simulate and visualize the complex evolution of fluid flow by doing ‘computer experiments,’ which have emerged as a third method for investigating nature, complementing traditional experimental and theoretical work.

Exploiting Highly Concurrent Computers for Physics

Ken C. Bowler, Alastair D. Bruce, Richard D. Kenway, G. Stuart Pawley, and David J. Wallace
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Architectures as varied as rigid arrays of many simple processors and reconfigurable networks of transputers are being used to solve problems as diverse as lattice gauge theories and neural networks.

Computer Modeling in Physical Oceanography from the Global Circulation to Turbulence

William R. Holland and James C. McWilliams
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Only with the recent generation of powerful supercomputers can more realistic ocean models be constructed to show oceanic circulation over many scales of motion—such as global, basin and mesoscale.

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Proteins

Martin Karplus
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Computer simulations are giving new insights into the nature of the structural fluctuations in proteins and the relation of these fluctuations to protein function.
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The APS Council and the DEW Study

Petras Avizonis, Nicolaas Bloembergen, Robert Clem, Alex J. Glass, Abraham Hertzberg, Thomas H. Johnson, Thomas Marshall, Bruce Miller, Walter Morrow, C. Kumar N. Patel, Jeremiah Sullivan, James Wyant, Amnon Yariv, Richard N. Zare, Richard Wilson, et al.
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The DEW Study Goes Public

Lawrence Cranberg, Hans Bethe, and William J. Rice
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Of SSCs, Shuttles and Taxes

Richard S. Piedmonte and Georg F. Albrecht
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Refusenik News

Kurt Gottfried, Andrew Sessler, and David N. Seidman
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Physics Pro Bono

Jan Beyea
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Clearing Up Optics Credit

Isaac Freund and S. James Allen
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Aiding Latin American Physics

J. L. Moran‐Lopez, F. Mejia‐Lira, H. Navarro, J. Flores, R. Barrera, and M. A. Perez
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Aharonov–Bohm, Meet Hall

Hideo Aoki
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Planetary Ring: Another Theory

F. Curtis Michel
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Fingerprinting in Japan

Harry Altman and Itaru Umezu
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Leaders of LEED

D. Haneman
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Needed: Ice Advice

George F. Tucker
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Moe Berg in the Movies

Neil Goldstein
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Leptons for Sale

Kenneth E. Jesse
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Ripples in the Universal Hubble Flow

Per H. Andersen
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Large‐Scale Structure, Steaming and Galaxy Formation

Per H. Andersen
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Massive Objects in Galactic Nuclei May Be Black Holes

Per H. Andersen
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Vacuum Society Meets in Anaheim

Richard Hart and Margaret Marynowski
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The Ring of Truth

Philip Morrison and Gerald F. Wheeler, Reviewer
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Numerical Recipes: The Art of Scientific Computing

William H. Press, Brian P. Flannery, Saul A. Teukolsky, William T. Vetterling, and Peter B. Kramer, Reviewer
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Introduction to Percolation Theory

Dietrich Stauffer and Armin Bunde, Reviewer
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By the Bomb's Early Light: American Thought and Culture at the Dawn of the Atomic Age

Paul Boyer and Philip L. Cantelon, Reviewer
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Superstrings: The First 15 Years of Superstring Theory, Volumes 1 and 2

John H. Schwarz and Pierre Ramond, Reviewer
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The Making of American Industrial Research: Science and Business at GE and Bell, 1876–1926

Leonard S. Reich and Stanley Goldberg, Reviewer
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Introduction to Flight

John D. Anderson and Lloyd P. Hunter, Reviewer
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Noise and the Solid State

David A. Bell and Aldert van der Ziel, Reviewer
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Optical Holography: Principles, Techniques and Applications

P. Hariharan and Stephen A. Benton, Reviewer
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Optical Fiber Communications: Principles and Practice

John Senior and Leonid Kazovsky, Reviewer
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An Introduction to Chemisorption and Catalysis by Metals

R. P. H. Gasser and Gert Ehrlich, Reviewer
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McGraw‐Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Volumes 1–20

Sybil P. Parker and Per H. Andersen, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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Franklin Insitute Honors Seven Physicists with 1987 Awards


See Also: Erratum

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Gravity Research Foundation Presents 1987 Awards

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In Brief

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George H. Vineyard

Martin Blume, Maurice Goldhaber, and Nicholas P. Samios
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Sam Fain and David Lazarus
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NSF Supercomputer Centers Plan for Next Leap into Research

Irwin Goodwin
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Cornell's Supercomputer Building at the Brink

Irwin Goodwin
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Ride Report: Charting the Nation's Future Course in Space

Irwin Goodwin
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Washington Ins and Outs: Musical Chairs at NASA and Smithsonian

Irwin Goodwin
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Education Projects Look at Introductory Courses

William Sweet
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Student Pugwash Awarded Major Grants

Richard Hart
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High‐School Students Make YBa2Cu3O7−x

William Sweet
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Goldberger is New Director of Institute for Advanced Study

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Everhart is Caltech President, Succeeding Goldberger

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In Brief

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