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November 1989

Volume 42, Issue 11

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The Phase Problem of X‐Ray Crystallography

Herbert A. Hauptman
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For almost 40 years physicists thought it impossible, even in principle, to determine complex crystal structures directly from the intensities of diffracted x rays.

US‐Soviet Research in Arms Control

William Sweet
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Science and Scientists for a Nuclear‐Weapon‐Free World

Evgeny P. Velikhov
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Soviet scientists persuaded the USSR's political leadership to downplay work on missile defenses during the 1970s and 1980s. Current cooperative research by Soviet and US scientists is laying the foundation for the elimination, with verification, of offensive weaponry.

Arms Control Physics: The New Soviet Connection

Frank Von Hippel
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Informal contacts established between US and Soviet physicists during an unpromising period in relations between the superpowers have taken on new significance since Gorbachev's emergence.
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A Passion for Precision

Daniel Kleppner
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Copernicus, Ptolemy and Particle Theory

Martin Macháček
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The Computer as Tutor

Stan Siegel, Ansel C. Anderson, Dennis Kane, Denis Donnelly, Jack M. Wilson, and Edward F. Redish
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Feynman: Wobbles, Bottles and Ripples

Andy Ruina, Mark Kuzyk, and Rolf D. Weglein
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High School Science: Why East Beats West

Chi Ming Hung
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Balancing the Branches of Physics

Jim Mcguire
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Can One Rely on the PI for Quality Control?

David Cissell, Doug Scoggins, Louis J. Lanzerotti, and Jeffrey D. Rosendhal
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Darwin‐Fowler: The Natural Selection?

Robert Weinstock
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A Russian Remedy for Overpublication

Victor R. Blok
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Refereeing Rhyme and Unreason

George D. Cody
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Corrections

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Bosons Condense and Fermions ‘Exclude’, But Anyons…?

Anil Khurana
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MRS Meets in Boston

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Experimental Physics: Modern Methods

R. A. Dunlap and Howard H. Sample, Reviewer
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Archaeometry: An Introduction to Physical Methods in Archaeology and the History of Art

Ulrich Leute and R. E. M. Hedges, Reviewer
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The Starflight Handbook

Eugene Mallove, Gregory Matloff, and Eric M. Jones, Reviewer
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Science as Power: Discourse and Ideology in Modern Society

Stanley Aronowitz and Robert N. Proctor, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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In Brief

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Marcello Conversi

Giorgio Salvini and Valentine L. Telegdi
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Joseph P. Remeika

Denis B. McWhan, Joseph F. Dillon, Jr., and Bertram Batlogg
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S. Howard Bartley

Glenn A. Fry
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Days of Reckoning: Deficit Woes Weigh Heavily on Science Budgets

Irwin Goodwin
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Aid for Supecomputers and Networks Weighed in Capital

Irwin Goodwin
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Kilby and Noyce Win Draper Prize for Developing Microchips

Irwin Goodwin
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Kyshtym Visit Gives First Look at Soviet Plutonium Production Complex

William Sweet
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US Students Continue to Choose Physics Majors

Jean Kumagai
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Appelton is Head of Physical Sciences at Oak Ridge

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Royal Society Limits Collaboration with China

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New Bitnet Link and Added Features Give Pinet a Boost

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Swartz is Editor of The Physics Teacher…Again

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In Brief

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