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December 1990

Volume 43, Issue 12

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Select this Article		Superconductivity and Other Macroscopic Quantum Phenomena John Bardeen


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Select this Article		Anticipations of the Geometric Phase Michael Berry


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Select this Article		The Physics of Metal Clusters Marvin L. Cohen and Walter D. Knight


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REFERENCE FRAME

Select this Article		On the Nature of Physical Laws Philip W. Anderson


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LETTERS

Select this Article		Can Demolition of the ‘Elements of Reality’ Proceed on Schedule? Mikolaj Sawicki, Emilio Santos, and David Mermin


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Select this Article		Enumerating α's Calculators Ibrahim Adawi, Paul S. Wesson, Moorad Alexanian, Frank D. (Tony) Smith, Jr, and David Gross


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Select this Article		How Supernova Shock Revival was Revealed Hans A. Bethe


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Select this Article		Is Chernobyl News Contaminated? Jovan V. Jovanovich


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Select this Article		Salvaging Small Science Alan M. Kadin, Miklos Szilagyi, and Christopher Zell


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Select this Article		April Cartoon: Joking at Women's Expense? Bonnie Johnson, Dietrich Schroeer, and Sidney Harris


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Select this Article		Soviet Jewry's Plight Under Perestroika Steven L. Forman


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Select this Article		Help Erin Find a Place in CERN Henry W. K. Hopkins


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Select this Article		Argentina: Femal Physicists, Fiscal Fix Akhlesh Lakhtakia


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Select this Article		Corrections


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SEARCH AND DISCOVERY

Select this Article		Evidence Accumulates at Last for the Wigner Crystal Anil Khurana


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Select this Article		Construction Proposals Take Aim at Top and Bottom Quarks Bertram Schwarzschild See Also: Erratum


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BOOKS

Select this Article		A Guide to Introductory Physics Teaching Arnold B. Arons and Charles Holbrow, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Discovering: Inventing and Solving Problems at the Frontiers of Scientific Knowledge Robert S. Root‐Bernstein and Stanley Goldberg, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Currents of Death: Power Lines, Computer Terminals and the Attempt to Cover up their Threat to Your Health and Cross Currents: The Promise of Electromedicine, the Perils of Electropollution Paul Brodeur, Robert O. Becker, and Indira Nair, Reviewer


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Select this Article		The Space Telescope: A Study of NASA Science, Technology and Politics Robert W. Smith and Pamela Mack, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Discovering Alvarez: Selected Works of Luis Alvarez with Commentary by his Students and Colleagues W. Peter Trower and Bertram Schwarzschild, Reviewer


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Select this Article		New Books


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NEW PRODUCTS

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WE HEAR THAT

Select this Article		Franklin Institute Bestows Annual Accolades


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Select this Article		In Brief


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OBITUARIES

Select this Article FREE		Allan Sachs Allan Blaer, Norman Christ, and Morgan May


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Select this Article FREE		Guido Beck H. M. Nussenzveig


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Select this Article FREE		Michael Grace Gilbert J. Perlow and John P. Schiffer


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WASHINGTON REPORTS

Select this Article		Along with Gains for R&D in 1991 Come Illusory Rises and Grim Reverses Irwin Goodwin


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Select this Article		Seeking to Improve Competitiveness, OSTP Issues First US Technology Policy Irwin Goodwin


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Select this Article		Science Advocacy Dealt a Blow in Elections for 102nd Congress Irwin Goodwin


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PHYSICS COMMUNITY

Select this Article		German Unification Will Strengthen Physics Throughout Country William Sweet


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Select this Article		Max Planck's New Policy Toward East William Sweet


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Select this Article		AIP Meeting at Sandia Focuses on Technology Transfer Barbara Goss Levi


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Select this Article		Murray of Caltech Wins AIP Science Writing Prize


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Select this Article		AIP's Gemant Award Goes to Bernstein for Physics Writing


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Select this Article		Physics Job Market Remained Strong in 1988–89 Jean Kumagai


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Select this Article		In Brief


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NEWS FROM APS

Select this Article		Brabec Wins 1990 Apker Award for Models of Amorphous Solids


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Select this Article		Massey Resigns as Vice President for NSF Job


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Select this Article		Balasubramanian is the First Ramavataram Fellow


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Select this Article		APS is Looking into Problems with US Visas


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