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September 1987

Volume 40, Issue 9

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The Birth of Neutron Stars and Black Holes

Adam Burrows
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The core of a massive star that lives for 10 million years collapses within one second, initiating a series of some of the most exotic and extreme events that occur in the universe.

Leo Szilard: Giving Peace a Chance in the Nuclear Age

Barton J. Bernstein
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An honorary doctorate from Brandeis University provides a fitting epitaph: ‘A prophet ahead of his time, yet a victim of its maladies.’

Particle Physics and Inflationary Cosmology

Andrei Linde
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It seems likely that the universe is an eternal, self‐reproducing entity divided into many mini‐universes, with low‐energy physics and perhaps even dimensionality differing from one to the other.
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Advice on Applying for a Postdoc

Philip W. Anderson
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Relativity's Forgotten Figure

Nicholas Rott
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Relativity and Quantum Theory

J. David Jackson
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Retarded Potentials

Jonathan P. Dowling and Larry Spruch
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Peer Review and the FEL

Gary R. Goldstein and Louis C. Marquet
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Maria Mayer: The War Years

Jacob Bigeleisen and Karen E. Johnson
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Role of Physics in Industry

Harry J. Levinson and Venkatesh Narayanamurti
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Rename Livermore (Part 2)

Laura Chan‐Ju Kang, Wunan Lin, and Mary B. Lawrence
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ANNNI and the Devil

Walter Selke and Per Bak
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Supercomputer Restrictions

Emilio E. Falco
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Medical Imaging Mistake

Larry Beach
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Superluminal Communication

Jack Sarfatti
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Uni Verse

Larry Turner
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Even Lanthanum Copper Oxide is Superconducting

Anil Khurana
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Experiment Challenges Theory in Positronium Measurements

Barbara G. Levi
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The Anthropic Cosmological Principle

John D. Barrow, Frank J. Tipler, and James L. Anderson, Reviewer
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Physics of Dense Matter

Y. C. Leung and John W. Negele, Reviewer
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Applied Classical Electrodynamics

Frederic A. Hopf, George I. A. Stegeman, and Marlan O. Scully, Reviewer
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Physics in Medicine and Biology Encyclopedia: Medical Physics, Bioengineering and Biophysics, Volumes 1 and 2

T. F. McAinsh and John R. Cameron, Reviewer
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Uncommon Sense

J. Robert Oppenheimer and Paul Boyer, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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NSF Honors Rabi and Witten, Names Young Investigators

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Four Canadian Physicists Honored in 1986–87

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Mackintosh and Moller Receive Frank H. Spedding Award

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In Brief

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Samuel H. Beer, Roy J. Glauber, Edward M. Purcell, and Gerald Holton
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Reagan Hails New Age of Superconductivity at ‘Pep Rally’

Irwin Goodwin
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Covering Superconductivity

Irwin Goodwin
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DOD Science Board Finds SDI Phase I Reasonable But ‘Sketchy’

Irwin Goodwin
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Supreme Court Bars Creationism in Schools

Irwin Goodwin
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O'Neill Leaves SDI After Senate Dust‐Up

Irwin Goodwin
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Abragam and Rubbia Reports Chart Future for CERN

William Sweet
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Romanians Outdo US and Soviets in Physics Olympiad

William Sweet
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Ward is President‐Elect of Acoustical Society of America

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Survey of Physics Bachelors Finds that More Plant to Teach

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In Brief

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Summer Intern Program Places Students in Industry

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Calendar

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