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March 1989

Volume 42, Issue 3

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Cosmic Strings: Topological Fossils of the Hot Big Bang

William H. Press and David N. Spergel
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Some grand unified theories require that stringy exotic matter from the very early universe persist to the present, with astrophysically observable consequences.

Where on Earth is the Crust?

Don L. Anderson
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Mineralogical data and comparative planetology suggest a controversial hypothesis—that much of the Earth's crust may be buried within the mantle.

Heinrich Hertz and the Development of Physics

Joseph F. Mulligan
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In addition to confirming Maxwell's electromagnetic theory. Hertz's experimental and theoretical work one hundred years ago helped lay the foundation for quantum theory and relativity.
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High‐Temperature Superconductivity: Past, Present, and Future

Vitaly L. Ginzburg
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Priorities Belong in the Ballot Box

W. George N. Slinn and Frank Press
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Cost‐Effectiveness of Physics Journals

Henry H. Barschall
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Bubble Chamber Photoomission

Lillian Hoddeson, Laurie Brown, and Max Dresden
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Gibbs and Mandelbrot at Yale

Charles Kittel and Benoit B. Mandelbrot
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Should SSC Have Overseers Overseas?

Lawrence Cranberg
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Builders of Weapons vs Builders of Minds

Roy L. Bishop
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Asia's Academic Achievers

Francis M. Tam
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Rangefinder Caption Misses the Mark

Robert W. Seidel
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Bitter Lab, Bitter Memories

Charles Rosenblatt
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Nobelists Overprized

R. F. Lever and Herbert F. York
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Na–NH3 and High Tc: The Ogg Couple

William A. Farone
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Publishing Solid‐State Theory: Series Business

John Zumerchik
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High‐Temperature Supercurrents May Not Be Forever

Anil Khurana
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Why is the Cosmological Constant So Very Small?

Bertram Schwarzschild
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The Viscous Criterion

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Two scientists at the General Motors Research Laboratories have developed a way to predict the probability and severity of impact injuries in the body's soft tissues, including the heart, liver, and the central nervous system. It is an essential step in designing safety systems to reduce such injuries.
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APS Meets in ST. Louis

Matthew Siegel
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Astronomical Observations: An Optical Perspective and Observational Astrophysics and Astronomical Optics

Gordon Walker, Pierre Léna, Daniel J. Schroeder, and Joseph S. Miller, Reviewer
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How Experiments End

Peter Galison and W. D. Hackmann, Reviewer
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Gauge Fields and Strings

A. M. Polyakov and Michael E. Peskin, Reviewer
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Physics of Massive Neutrinos

Felix Boehm, Petr Vogel, and R. G. Hamish Robertson, Reviewer
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Theory of Multiphoton Processes

Farhad H. M. Faisal and Alexander Dalgarno, Reviewer
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Computer Simulation of Liquids

M. P. Allen, D. J. Tildesley, and Jayanth R. Banavar, Reviewer
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Relaxation Phenomena in Condensed Matter Physics

Sushanta Dattagupta and Theodore Kirkpatrick, Reviewer
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Galactic and Extragalactic Radio Astronomy

Gerrit L. Verschuur, Kenneth I. Kellermann, Timothy J. Pearson, Reviewer, and Anthony C. S. Readhead, Reviewer
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Radiotelescopes and Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy and Tools of Radio Astronomy

W. N. Christiansen, J. A. Högbom, A. Richard Thompson, James M. Moran, George W. Swenson, Jr, Kristen Rohlfs, Donald C. Backer, Reviewer, Carl Heiles, Reviewer, and William J. Welch, Reviewer
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New Books

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MacArthur Foundation Confers Five Physics‐Related Fellowships

Matthew Siegel
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AAPT Top Honors Awarded to French and Birgeneau

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Lunine Receives Urey Prize for Planetary Science

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In Brief

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George McVittie

G. W. Swenson, Jr
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Ernest W. Salmi

Clarence M. Fowler, William Ogle, George M. Grover, and William R. Stratton
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Yoram Avni

Alan Lightman, Irwin Shapiro, and Harvey Tananbaum
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French Boost Support for Science Amid Concern About Its Status

William Sweet
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APS Council Approves Physics Planning Committee

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Rossing Elected Vice President of Physics Teachers Association

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Employment News in AIP Survey Bodes Well for Physics PhDs

Pat Janowski
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Haines Wins AIP Children's Science Writing Award

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Trueman Becomes Associate Director at Brookhaven

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Langenberg and Nicholson Assume AAAS Offices

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In Brief

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Report on Demographics of Black PhDs to Be Published

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Nominations for College Faculty Research Award

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Calendar

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