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September 1989

Volume 42, Issue 9

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Special Issue: The Physics of Imaging

Benjamin B. Snavely
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Physical Limits to the Performance of Imaging Systems

Albert Rose and Paul K. Weimer
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A half‐century of electronic imaging technology has begun to match and even surpass the performance of the eye, an amazingly sophisticated photon detector perfected by evolution.

Physics of the Photographic Latent Image

Tadaaki Tani
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The high sensitivity and efficiency of silver halide film can be traced to mesoscopic metal clusters—small groups of silver atoms subject to quantum size effects and the influence of their immediate environment.

Color Science for Imaging Systems

LeRoy E. DeMarsh and Edward J. Giorgianni
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Knowledge of the production, measurement and perception of color stimuli is essential for analyzing and optimizing complex photographic and electronic color‐imaging systems.

Confocal Scanning Optical Microscopy

Gordon S. Kino and Timothy R. Corle
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In microscopes based on this principle a defocused image disappears instead of blurring, allowing the user to independently image different layers of transparent materials.
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Spin Glass VI: Spin Glass As Cornucopia

Philip W. Anderson
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Risks, Radon and Public Perceptions

Henry Hurwitz, Jr., Ahren Jacobson, Robert J. Yaes, Anthony V. Nero, and John F. Ahearne
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Thoughts Unbottled by Cold Fusion

Leaf Turner, Robert Jones, Yale Jay Lubkin, and Saul Birnbaum
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No Jingoism at High‐Tc Meeting: Graham

William R. Graham
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New Frontiers for Refuseniks

Melvin Pomerantz
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SDI Is Diamond Researcher's Best Friend

Russell Messier and Walter Yarbrough
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Teaching Students How to Learn Physics

R. P. Riesz and V. Srinivasan
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Ion Sits Still for Sharp ‘Picture’ of Its Optical Transition

Barbara Goss Levi
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a,b,y…Z: A Primer in Particle Physics and Modern Elementary Particle Physics

L. B. Okun, Gordon Kane, and Gabriel Karl, Reviewer
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The Earth's Core and The Physics of the Earth's Core: An Introduction

J. A. Jacobs, Paul Melchior, and Thomas J. Ahrens, Reviewer
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Inside Relativity

Delo E. Mook, Thomas Vargish, and Edwin F. Taylor, Reviewer
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Fractals

Jens Feder and Per Bak, Reviewer
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Harmony and Unity: The Life of Niels Bohr

Niels Blaedel and Anthony P. French, Reviewer
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Symposium on the Foundations of Modern Physics 1987: The Copenhagen Interpretation 60 Years after the Como Lecture

Pekka Lahti, Peter Mittelstaedt, and Per H. Andersen, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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Franklin Institute Honors Lorenz, Oatley and Madey

Matthew Siegel
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National Academy of Science Elects New Members

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In Brief

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Lennard A. Fisk, Charles F. Kennel, Stamatios M. Krimigis, and Louis J. Lanzerotti
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Isadore Rudnick
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Senate Quiz Show: Bromley Passes But He Faces Tougher Tests Ahead

Irwin Goodwin
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Removing Controls on Pcs Revives Worries on Exports

Irwin Goodwin
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Remote Sensing Of The Earth: A Synoptic View

John W. Schott
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Space‐based and aerial images can provide information about Earth resources, agricultural conditions, weather patterns and a host of other phenomena that would be impossible to observe from the ground.
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Pugwash: Euphoria Marks Meeting as Perestroika Lowers Tensions

Irwin Goodwin
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Israeli Physicists, and Others, Comment on Case of Palestinian Physicist

William Sweet
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Carnegie Makes Some Changes At Its Observatories

William Sweet
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Luce Foundation Funds Positions for Women in Physics

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AIP Joins ACS in Publishing Wonderscience

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AIP to Assume Publication of Rheology Journal

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Geophysical Union Makes First Sullivan Award to Sullivan

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Blahous Will Be APS Congressional Scientist Fellow in 1989–90

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Summer Industrial Intern Program in Tenth Year

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Rabi Remembered with New Prize in Atomic Physics

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