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August 1987

Volume 40, Issue 8

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Bang: The Supernova of 1987

David Helfand
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A stellar explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud has ended a four‐century‐long vigil for a nearby event and started the new field of neutrino astronomy.

Yields of US and Soviet Nuclear Tests

Jack F. Evernden and Gerald E. Marsh
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Failure to account properly for geological and seismological differences between the US and Soviet test sites has led to overestimates of the yields of Soviet tests and to incorrect claims of Soviet cheating on the treaty limit of 150 kilotons.

Thoughts of a Retiring APS President

Sidney D. Drell
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The past year's events prompt reflections on the social responsibilities of scientists, ‘Star Wars,’ APS activities and Andrei Sakharov's return to Moscow from exile in Gorky.
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From Neutrinos to Quasiparticles

Leo P. Kadanoff
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Balancing US‐Japan Technology Flow

Hidenaga Yamagishi, Rustum Roy, Hans Motz, and Y. Horie
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Declining SATs Pose a Threat

Lawrence Cranberg
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What's Best for Space Science?

Stephen L. Gillett and Clay Sawyer, Jr.
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Tying Nuclear Dumping to SSC

Henry Hurwitz, Jr. and Harold W. Lewis
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‘Fundamental’ Distinctions

Robert D. Black, Philip W. Anderson, and Sheldon L. Glashow
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OCD and Gluon Observation

Chih Kwan Chen
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When Physicists Toss Coins

Emory Kimbrough
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How Now, ‘What's New?’

Leo M. Falicov
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Light Verse

Richard Friedberg
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Corrections

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Neutral B Mesons Show Surprisingly Large Flavor Mixing

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Physics of Amorphous Materials and The Physics of Amorphous Solids

S. R. Elliott, Richard Zallen, and Kishin Moorjani, Reviewer
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Thermometry

James F. Schooley and Lawrence G. Rubin, Reviewer
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Optical Bistability: Controlling Light by Light

Hyatt M. Gibbs and Dror Sarid, Reviewer
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Fiber Optics: Devices and Systems

Peter K. Cheo and Allen H. Cherin, Reviewer
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Story of the W and Z

Peter Watkins and Alexander Firestone, Reviewer
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Los Alamos Experience

Phyllis K. Fisher and Jane S. Wilson, Reviewer
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New Books

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Wolf Foundation Honors Six with 1987 Awards

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OSA Honored Eleven in 1986

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In Brief

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Curtis Judson Humphreys

Kenneth L. Andrew
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James William Broxon

Albert A. Bartlett
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Race for the Ring: DOE Reacts to Congress's Anxieties on SSC

Irwin Goodwin
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Will High‐Tc Superconductivity Affect the SSC′s Design?

Irwin Goodwin
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Academies Select Panel to Judge Ideal SSC Site

Irwin Goodwin
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Beggs and General Dynamics Cleared of Fraud

Irwin Goodwin
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Washington Ins and Outs: Hunter and Nelson Named to DOE Posts

Irwin Goodwin
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New Radiotelescopes Open Era of Submillimeter Astronomy

William Sweet
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Burnell Awarded Tinsley Prize

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In Brief

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Congressional Fellowship Program Gets Good Review

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APS to Co‐Host Third Meeting of Physics Department Heads

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