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November 1987

Volume 40, Issue 11

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Select this Article		The Physics of Aerobatic Flight C. R. O'Dell


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Select this Article		Superstrings John H. Schwarz


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	+ -	Show Topic Considering the elementary building blocks of nature to be strings rather than point particles allows one to construct consistent quantum theories that unify gravity with the other known forces.

Select this Article		Debate on APS Directed‐Energy Weapons Study Gregory H. Canavan, Nicolaas Bloembergen, and C. Kumar N. Patel


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REFERENCE FRAME

Select this Article		Small Systems: When Does Thermodynamics Apply? Herman Feshbach


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LETTERS

Select this Article		Will High T_c Stop the SSC? John R. Fanchi and Edwin L. Goldwasser


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Select this Article		Calibrating a Bubbly Universe Adrian L. Melott and Roger N. Shepard


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Select this Article		Ethics for Future Physicists Christopher Graney


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Select this Article		Quasar Misinterpretation Norbert Bartel, Thomas Herring, Michael Ratner, Irwin Shapiro, and Brian Corey


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Select this Article		Are the UCS's SDI Surveys Biased? Paul Suni and Henry W. Kendall


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Select this Article		‘Half‐Truths’ of US–Japan Trade Takashi Ichiye


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Select this Article		What Became of J. L. Dunham? John F. Ogilvie


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Select this Article		Meeting Reform Alexander A. Berezin


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Select this Article		Search Longa, Vita Brevis Lui Lam


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Select this Article		Falsifying Creationism Robert W. McAdams


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Select this Article		More on Refereeing Anton Zeilinger


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Select this Article		Martian Mistake Edward C. Ezell and Linda N. Ezell


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SEARCH AND DISCOVERY

Select this Article		Probing the Early Universe with Quasar Light Bertram Schwarzschild


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OPINION

Select this Article		Magnetic Engineering Robert M. White


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MEETINGS

Select this Article		Materials Research Society Meets in Boston Richard Hart and Margaret Marynowski


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BOOKS

Select this Article		Superstring Theory Volume 1: Introduction Volume 2: Loop Amplitudes, Anomalies and Phenomenology Michael B. Green, John H. Schwarz, Edward Witten, and Paul H. Frampton, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Introduction to Supersymmetry and Supergravity Peter West and S. James Gates, Reviewer


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Select this Article		The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in 20th‐Century Physics Robert P. Crease, Charles C. Mann, and David Park, Reviewer


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Select this Article		The Quantum Hall Effect Richard E. Prange, Steven M. Girvin, and Patrick Lee, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Electron Energy‐Loss Spectroscopy in the Electron Microscope Ray F. Egerton and Dale E. Newbury, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Thermodynamics of Point Defects and Their Relation with Bulk Properties P. A. Varotsos, K. D. Alexopoulos, and Ralph O. Simmons, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Environmental Consequences of Nuclear War Volume 1: Physical and Atmospheric Effects and Volume 2: Ecological and Agricultural Effects and Planet Earth in Jeopardy: Environmental Consequences of Nuclear War and The Medical Implications of Nuclear War and The Night After…: Climatic and Biological Consequences of a Nuclear War A. Barrie Pittock, Thomas P. Ackerman, Paul J. Crutzen, Michael C. MacCracken, Charles S. Shapiro, Richard P. Turco, Mark A. Harwell, Thomas C. Hutchinson, Lydia Dotto, Frederic Solomon, Robert Q. Marston, Yevgeni Velikhov, and John Dowling, Reviewer


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Select this Article		The Mechanical Universe: Introduction to Mechanics and Heat and Beyond the Mechanical Universe: From Electricity to Modern Physics and The Mechanical Universe: Mechanics and Heat (Advanced Edition) Richard P. Olenick, Tom M. Apostol, David L. Goodstein, Steven C. Frautschi, and Anthony P. French, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Satellites Joseph A. Burns, Mildred S. Matthews, and Per H. Andersen, Reviewer


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Select this Article		New Books


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NEW PRODUCTS

Select this Article		New Products


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WE HEAR THAT

Select this Article		Bruno Zumino and Bryce DeWitt Receive Dirac Medals


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Select this Article		DOE Honors Six Physicists with 1987 Lawrence Awards


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Select this Article		In Brief


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OBITUARIES

Select this Article FREE		A. Theodore Forrester Edward Gerjuoy


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Select this Article FREE		Arnold R. Moore Joseph Dresner


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Select this Article FREE		Julius Sumner Miller Franklin Potter


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Select this Article FREE		Oldwig Von Roos John A. Zoutendyk


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Select this Article FREE		J. Irvin Swigart Frederick P. Montana


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WASHINGTON REPORTS

Select this Article		On Constitution's Bicentennial, OTA Examines Effects of Science Irwin Goodwin


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Select this Article		DOE Submits 36 SSC Site Bids While House Seeks to Micro‐Manage Project Irwin Goodwin


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PHYSICS COMMUNITY

Select this Article		Nuclear Test Ban Verification Agreements Yield New Seismic Data William Sweet


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Select this Article		Deadlines Approach for NSF College Grant Proposals


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Select this Article		Watkins Starts Work as AIP Senior Education Fellow


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Select this Article		Enrollments and Degrees Survery is Available


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Select this Article		In Brief


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CALENDAR

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