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June 1987

Volume 40, Issue 6

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Reminiscences of the Early Days of Fission

Henry H. Barschall
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News of the discovery of fission and the onset of World War II affected the author's activities, taking him from Princeton to Los Alamos by way of Lawrence, Kansas.

Laser Cooling

David J. Wineland and Wayne M. Itano
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The mechanical forces exerted by light can dramatically lower the temperature of a sample of atoms or ions, allowing very‐high‐resolution spectroscopic measurements and ultralow‐temperature atomic physics experiments.

Arthur Gordon Webster, Founder of the APS

Melba Phillips
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He was a man of many talents and considerable renown in his day who helped establish physics education in America, but his life ended in a tragic suicide.
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Teaching Physics Scientifically

Robert Lynch, Janez Strnad, and Frederick Reif
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Uniting the Fusion Community

Raghavan Jayakumar
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SDI, Lysenko: Fair to Compare?

Vitaly Kresin and Robert R. Wilson
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Another Detector at Tristan

Kay Kinoshita
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Women in Physics

Dorothy W. Weeks
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A Neutron Optics Update

A. G. Klein
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Colliding with Von Kármán

J. F. Allen
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Free‐Electron Lasers Take Small Steps Toward Distant Goal

Barbara Goss Levi
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Astronomers Seek High Resolution

Per H. Andersen
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Will Future Astronomers Observe with Liquid Mirrors?

Per H. Andersen
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Aspects of Symmetry

Sidney Coleman and Sam Treiman, Reviewer
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Perfect Symmetry

Heinz R. Pagels and Robert H. March, Reviewer
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Nobel Dreams: Power, Deceit and the Ultimate Experiment

Gary Taubes and Alexander Firestone, Reviewer
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Seeing the Light: Optics in Nature, Photography, Color, Vision, and Holography

David S. Falk, Dieter R. Brill, David G. Stork, and Daniel Overheim, Reviewer
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Optical Interferometry

P. Hariharan and Antoine Labeyrie, Reviewer
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The Aesthetic Dimension of Science

Deane W. Curtin and Owen Gingerich, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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DOE Bestows Fermi Awards on Courant and Livingston

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American Geophysical Union Honored Eight in 1986

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In Brief

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M. Stanley Livingston

John P. Blewett and Ernest D. Courant
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Hubert Maxwell James

Guy W. Lehman, Sergio Rodriguez, and Anant K. Ramdas
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SDI Attempts to Zap APS Directed‐Energy Weapons Report

Irwin Goodwin
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APS Star Wars Study Given Prominent Coverage in US Press

William Sweet
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Research Reactor Closed at Berkeley for Mixed Reasons

William Sweet
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US and EC Conclude Fusion Agreement

William Sweet
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Programs Provide Services for Scientists with Disabilities

William Sweet
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Morrison is First Recipient of AIP's Gemant Award

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AVS Produces Video Courses for Use in Industry and Labs

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SPS Announces 1987 Allied and Marsh White Awards

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Acoustical Society Appoints Strasberg New Secretary

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Singer is New President of the Carnegie Institution

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Science Writers at Discover Magazine Win AIP Award

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In Brief

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APS Council Adopts Statement on Integrity in Physics

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Representatives of Divisons, Sections and Groups Meet

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