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January 1990

Volume 43, Issue 1

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Turbulence: Challenges for Theory and Experiment

Uriel Frisch and Steven A. Orszag
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High‐Reynolds‐number flows are ubiquitous. Although many aspects of such flows have been understood phenomenologically, a systematic theory of their detailed properties requires novel experiments.

The Khrushchev Détente and Emerging Internationalism in Particle Physics

Robert E. Marshak
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Nikito Khrushchev initiated a period of growing Soviet‐American cooperation in particle physics, rudely interrupted by the 1960 spy‐plane incident.

Heisenberg, Goudsmit and the German Atomic Bomb

Mark Walker
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Contrary to accounts based on Heisenberg's claims, the German fission research effort in World War II was indeed a nuclear weapons program, and contrary to Goudsmit's interpretations, the German team knew what it was doing.
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Low Pay and Long Hours

Leon M. Lederman
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US Visas: Stumbling Blocs for Polish Physicists

Maciej Lewenstein, Kazimierz Rzazewski, Jan Mostowski, Roman Sobolewski, and Władysław Zakowicz
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A High‐Tc Myth and Its Real‐World Meaning

Simon Foner
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Some Good ν's About γ and Landau

Ralph A. Alpher and Robert Herman
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How the Garden State Seeds Technology

Edward Cohen
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Quantized Transport: A Countered Query

Günther Harbeke
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High School Physics: Getting Beyond 20%

James F. Jackson and John S. Rigden
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Astrophysical Stars of the Silver Screen

Richard Breedon
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Neutrons Cannot Encircle Lines of Electric Charge Unphased

Barbara Goss Levi
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Experiments Provide Evidence for the Fractional Charge of Quasiparticles

Anil Khurana
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Earthquake Jostles the New Stanford Linear Collider

Bertram Schwarzschild
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The Funding Crisis in Astronomy

Donald E. Osterbrock
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Statistical Mechanics of Magnetically Ordered Systems

Yu. A. Izyumov, Yu. N. Skryabin, and Michael E. Fisher, Reviewer
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Creation of the Universe

Fang Lizhi, Li Shuxian, and David N. Schramm, Reviewer
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Optical Waves in Layered Media

Pochi Yeh and Michael Hendry, Reviewer
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Neutrino Astrophysics

J. N. Bahcall and Lincoln Wolfenstein, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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Acoustical Society Recognizes Noteworthy Work

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In Brief

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Frank J. Feigl

Garold J. Borse, Sidney R. Butler, W. Beall Fowler, Yong Wook Kim, and John H. Thomas, III
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Bruce M. Barker

Gene Byrd
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Trying Times: Cost of Remodeling SSC Causes Texans to Circle Their Wagons

Irwin Goodwin
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SSC Design Revisions Call for Thinner Beams and Fatter Magnets

Bertram Schwarzschild


See Also: Erratum

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Hunter Departs DOE After Riling Key Lawmakers and Top Texans

Irwin Goodwin
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UNESCO Adopts Austere Budget, Jettisons New Information Order

William Sweet
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Physics News in 1989

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World Lab Promotes Research in the Third World

William Sweet
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Texas Instruments Receives Chip Patent in Japan

Jean Kumagai
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Motorola Joins IBM in Synchrotron Lithography Effort

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Sony Endows Bardeen Chair at Illinois

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Langer is New Head of NSF Theoretical Physics Institute

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ACS Joins AIP in High School Science Teacher Survey

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Wilson to Leave AAPT for New Education Project

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Optical Society May Add ‘Photonics’ to Its Name

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Goodman Elected Vice President of Optical Society

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Flippen‐Anderson is New ACA Vice President

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Mendelson is New President of Society of Rheology

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Geballe Receives First Matthias Memorial Award

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In Brief

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Massey Elected Vice President, Sarachik Heads Nominations

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