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April 1990

Volume 43, Issue 4

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Electron Holography: A New View of the Microscopic

Akira Tonomura
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Now that coherent field‐emission electron beams ore available, one can exploit the wave nature of free electrons to do holography on the atomic scale.

The Hubble Space Telescope Observatory

C. R. O'Dell
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The Hubble Space Telescope is scheduled to go into space this month, giving astronomers a ten‐times sharper view of the stars and galaxies and an unprecedented sighting of the uv universe.

Edwin P. Hubble and the Transformation of Cosmology

Robert W. Smith
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By providing the first widely convincing evidence of the existence of galaxies external to our own, he helped to remake our notions of the origins of the universe.
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Night Thoughts on the NSF

Daniel Kleppner
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‘Pathological Science’: Erroneous Epilogue?

Walter L. Faust, David J. Michel, John J. Gilman, Jack H. Westbrook, James M. Galligan, Yasuo Nannichi, Kyle Forinash, William D. Rumsey, and Robert N. Hall
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Rehabilitating Romania's Research

William M. Yen
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Contributions of a Nobelist's Colleagues

Mark N. McDermott and Hans Dehmelt
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Why Few Take Physics: Educated Guesses

Art Hobson, Panpazis Mouroulis, Marlys G. Stapelbroek, and Michael Neuschatz
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Renaming OSA: Proposal Opposed

Emil Wolf
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Small Grants for the Unsupported Scientist

Jonathan Katz
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Advice for Apartheid‐Conscious Academics

Eric Fawcett
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‘Earth's Radiation Budget’ Items

Kenneth Schatten and S. I. Salem
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Big Blue's Average Green

James J. Wynne
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Two‐Slit Experiment: Derivation Dilemma

R. I. G. Hughes and Leslie E. Ballentine
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Hertz's Bonn Voyage No Farewell to Radio

John H. Bryant
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Strike ‘Law’ from the Physics Books

Art Hobson
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Correction

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Models of String Theory and 2‐D Quantum Gravity are Solved Exactly

Anil Khurana
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CLEO‐IQEC to Be Held in Anaheim

Matt Siegel
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Fundamentals of the Theory of Metals

A. A. Abrikosov and L. M. Falicov, Reviewer
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The Experimental Foundations of Particle Physics

Robert N. Cahn, Gerson Goldhaber, and Robert H. March, Reviewer
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Physics of Medical Imaging

S. W. Webb and R. Mark Henkelman, Reviewer
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The Rise of the Wave Theory of Light: Optical Theory and Experiment in the Early Nineteenth Century

Jed Z. Buchwald and Nancy J. Nersessian, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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National Medals of Science and Technology Mark Work in Physics

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OSA Awards Given for Outstanding Work in Optics

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Willem Elenbaas

John F. Waymouth
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James M. Gordon

Allen Goldman, Heinrich Jaeger, Christopher Lobb, and Michael Tinkham
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The New Europe: High‐Tech Jingoism Worries Bromley and US Scientists

Irwin Goodwin
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Science Friction: Furor Over Fusion Prompts DOE to Seek Expert Advice

Irwin Goodwin
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Washington and Oregon Universities to Run New Nuclear Theory Institute

Irwin Goodwin
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Washington Ins & Outs: Bromley Fills Top Jobs at OSTP; Lyons Becomes NIST Director

Irwin Goodwin
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Soviet Physicists Reestablish Physical Society, With Emphasis on Policy

Gloria B. Lubkin
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AIP Report Describes Who Takes—And Who Does Not Take—Science

Jean Kumagai
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AIP Survey Finds Weaker 1988–89 Job Market

Jean Kumagai
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EC Framework Program Adopted for 1990–94

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FRG Designates New ‘Special Research Areas’ in Physics

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FRG Establishes Institute for Silicon Technology

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Physics Teachers Form Macintosh Users Group

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Raleigh Leaves Lamont‐Doherty for Hawaii

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AAS Elects New Vice President and Other Officers

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AIP Offers English Edition of Soviet Superconductivity

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NSF Makes Grants to Colleges for Physics Instrumentation

Audrey T. Leath
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In Brief

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