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May 1989

Volume 42, Issue 5

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Climate and the Earth's Radiation Budget

V. Ramanathan, Bruce R. Barkstrom, and Edwin F. Harrison
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A NASA multisatellite experiment has determined that clouds cool the planet more than they heot it and identified them as a major source of uncertainty in three‐dimensional models used for studying the greenhouse effect and global warming.

Reminiscences of Landau

I. M. Khalarnikov
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Landau envisioned theoretical physics as one indivisible science. By imparting this philosophy to his students, he set the tone of modern Soviet theoretical physics.

Landau's Attitude Toward Physics and Physicists

Vitaly L. Ginzburg
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Lev Davidovich Landau was a unique physicist and teacher of physicists.
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What's Wrong with this Prose?

N. David Mermin
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Richard Feynman, Sourcerer

Julian Schwinger
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Surely Mr. Feynman was Joking

David L. Goodstein
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Appeals for Tayseer Aruri

Edward Witten, Freeman J. Dyson, and Richard Wilson
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Patching a Hole in the Antarctic Ozone Story

Robert De Zafra
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Soviet Science Funds: Greener Grass?

Adrian L. Melott
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The Laser Days of Youth

Isaac D. Abella
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Metastable and Stable Negative Ions

Carlos F. Bunge and Rocio Jáuregui
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Correction

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Subcommittee Encourages U.S. to Join Canadian Kaon Factory

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Cauldrons in the Cosmos: Nuclear Astrophysics

Claus E. Rolfs, William S. Rodney, and Friedrich‐Karl Thielemann, Reviewer
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Handbook on Synchrotron Radiation, Volume 2

Geoffrey V. Marr and Ingolf Lindau, Reviewer
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Foundations of Quantum Chromodynamics: An Introduction to Perturbative Methods in Gauge Theories

Taizo Muta and Stephen Ellis, Reviewer
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The Lightning Discharge

Martin A. Uman and John Hornstein, Reviewer
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Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation, Volumes 1–4

John G. Webster and William R. Hendee, Reviewer
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Chaotic Vibrations: An Introduction for Applied Scientists and Engineers

Francis C. Moon and Jerry P. Gollub, Reviewer
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Tokamaks

John Wesson and Amiya K. Sen, Reviewer
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Nucleus: The History of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited

Robert Bothwell and A. G. W. Cameron, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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National Medals of Science Recognize Work in Physics

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Siegman Receives IEEE Q.E. Award

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In Brief

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Henry Dewolf Smyth

Robert H. Dicke, Val Fitch, and Rubby Sherr
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Heinz R. Pagels

Jeremy Bernstein and Gerald Feinberg
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Georg A. Leander

Jerry Dudek and Joseph B. McGrory
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Numbers Game: Bush's 1990 R&D Budget Uses Reagan's Figures in Making Deals

Irwin Goodwin
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Watkin's Decision to Restart HFIR Heralds New Era for DOE Reactors

Irwin Goodwin
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Washington Ins & Outs: Moves from House Science Panel; New Positions at NSF and SSC

Irwin Goodwin
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Soviet Scientists Rebel, Sakharov and Sagdeev Elected to New Congress

William Sweet
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AIP Begins Search for New Editors of Applied Physics Journals

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OSA and AIP to Translate Soviet Journal Atmospheric Optics

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AIP Publishes New Physics Faculty and Staff Directory

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AAS Council Adopts Postdoc Deadline Standard

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AAS Publishes Electronic‐Mail Directory

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OSA Releases Guide to Optics Education

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Shank is New Head of Lawrence Berkeley Lab

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Austin is New Director of MSU Cyclotron Lab

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In Brief

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Topical Group on Fundamental Constants is Established

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Calendar

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