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October 1988

Volume 41, Issue 10

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Select this Article		Special Issue: Lasers Then and Now Gloria B. Lubkin


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Select this Article		The Birth of the Laser Joan Lisa Bromberg


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	+ -	Show Topic The idea of generating coherent radiation at optical frequencies was conceived in late 1957; by the end of 1960 there were five realizations of the laser idea.

Select this Article		How the Military Responded to the Laser Robert W. Seidel


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	+ -	Show Topic A “cash and crash” approach and interservice competition led to a premature shift of emphasis from research and exploration to development and scaling‐up.

Select this Article		Photorefractive Nonlinear Optics Jack Feinberg


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	+ -	Show Topic A highly nonlinear response, even to weak laser light, turns photorefractive crystals into self‐pumped phase‐conjugating mirrors that can unscramble a scrambled image.

Select this Article		Medical Applications of Lasers Thomas F. Deutsch


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	+ -	Show Topic Lasers can reshape corneas, pulverize gallstones, ream arteries and kill tumors. Their increasing use in medicine is spurred by new technology and better understanding of the interaction of laser light with living tissue.

REFERENCE FRAME

Select this Article		Ask a Foolish Question… Herman Feshbach and Victor F. Weisskopf


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LETTERS

Select this Article		SSC: Essential Science or Unnecessary Expense? Robert E. Marshak, Lels L. Larson, Michael J. Glaubman, Daniel M. Smith, Steven Weinberg, and John F. Waymouth


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Select this Article		A Site‐SSCer's Guide to the States Terry L. Bruce


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Select this Article		Middle Ground Sought on Bolide Impact Stanley M. Cisowski and Russell W. Agreen


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Select this Article		Book Review Rebuttal Peter West


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Select this Article		Corrections


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SEARCH AND DISCOVERY

Select this Article		CERN Experiment Clarifies Origin of CP Symmetry Violation Bertram Schwarzschild


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BOOKS

Select this Article		Theory of Simple Liquids J.‐P. Hansen, I. R. Mcdonald, and Douglas Henderson, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Chemical Reactivity Raphael D. Levine, Richard B. Bernstein, and Yuan T. Lee, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Fibert Optic Communications Joseph C. Palais and Suzanne R. Nagel, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Managing Nuclear Operations Ashton B. Carter, John D. Steinbruner, Charles A. Zraket, and Sherman Frankel, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Detectors for Particle Radiation and Introduction to Experimental Particle Physics and Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments: A How‐To Approach Konrad Kleinknecht, Richard C. Fernow, William R. Leo, and Allen Odian, Reviewer


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Select this Article		New Directions in Physics: The Los Alamos 40th Anniversary Volume Nicholas Metropolis, Donald M. Kerr, Gian‐Carlo Rota, and Per H. Andersen, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Mcgraw‐Hill Science Reference Series Sybil P. Parker 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		Hänsch Receives New Italgas Prize for Research and Innovation


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Select this Article		APS Honors Go To Partridge and Bland


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Select this Article		Gravity Research Foundation Announces Awards


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OBITUARIES

Select this Article FREE		I. I. Rabi Norman F. Ramsely


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Select this Article FREE		Edward C. Campbell Harry H. Hubbell, Jr.


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Select this Article FREE		Bach Thien Vu B. N. Srivastava


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Select this Article FREE		Speakable and Unspeakable in Quatum Mechanics J. S. Bell and N. David Mermin


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WASHINGTON REPORTS

Select this Article		Special Report: Bush and Dukakis State Positions on Science Issues Irwin Goodwin


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PHYSICS COMMUNITY

Select this Article		US Physicists Pay First Visit to Chernogolovka Solid State Institute William Sweet


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Select this Article		Klein to Be Named Senior Editor of Einstein Papers

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Select this Article		Romer Succeeds Rigden as AJP Editor


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Select this Article		Hubbard is President‐Elect of Acoustical Society


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Select this Article		In Brief


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NEWS FROM APS

Select this Article		The Physical Realities of APS: Who, What and Where


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