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December 1991

Volume 44, Issue 12

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Calculus‐Based Physics Without Lectures

Priscilla W. Laws
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Computer tools and kinesthetic apparatus play key roles in a novel approach to introductory physics that takes into account both time‐honored ideas about learning and findings from recent educational research.

Polar Stratospheric Clouds and the Ozone Hole

Patrick Hamill and Owen Brian Toon
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Clouds of frozen nitric acid particles that form in the polar winter stratosphere are a crucial element in the massive springtime ozone depletion over Antarctica.

Nasa's Small Explorer Program

Daniel N. Baker, Gordon Chin, and Robert F. Pfaff, Jr
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Its goal is to give scientists ready access to space by using expendable vehicles to provide frequent and relatively inexpensive launches of highly focused scientific satellites.
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A Lesson in Humility

Daniel Kleppner
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Is Radiation Less Harmful than Beir V Reports?

Rosalyn S. Yalow and Arthur C. Upton
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Nuclear Regulation and Public Perception

Kenneth C. Rogers, John H. Gibbons, and Peter D. Blair
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Is Immigration Act Alienating Americans?

Cynthia A. Walsh and Jon F. Claerbout
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Young Faculty's Plight, Older Faculty's ‘Shame’

Stephen Sacks
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ELF Effects: Paradigm Shift or Fabric Rip?

Robert K. Adair and Robert O. Becker
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Metric's Man in Congress

William Hooper
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One More Sage from the SEER Project

John S. Rigden, Sallie A. Watkins, and John F. Wiegers
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Missing References on Request

David Sherrington
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Pave a Faster Track for High‐Energy Papers

Henry J. Frisch
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Scientists Who Defied Dictators

Igor Fodor
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De Gennes Wins Nobel Physics Prize for Work on Complex Systems

Barbara Goss Levi
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Nobel Chemistry Prize Recognizes the Importance of Ernst's nmr Work

Graham P. Collins
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Ten Commandments for a Good Conference Physicist

Wlodek Zawadzki
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The Lord of Uraniborg: A Biography of Tycho Brahe

Victor E. Thoren and Curtis Wilson, Reviewer
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Introduction to the Theory of Neural Computation

John Hertz, Anders Krogh, Richard G. Palmer, and Heinz Horner, Reviewer
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Electroweak Interactions: An Introduction to the Physics of Quarks and Leptons

Peter Renton and Rudolf P. Thun, Reviewer
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Theory of Coherent Atomic Excitation

Bruce W. Shore and Paul R. Berman, Reviewer
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Mathematical Analysis and Numerical Methods for Science and Technology

Robert Dautray, Jacques‐Louis Lions, Cécile DeWitt‐Morette, Reviewer, and Eric Myers, Reviewer
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Elementary Fluid Dynamics and a Mathematical Introduction to Fluid Mechanics

D. J. Acheson, A. J. Chorin, J. E. Marsden, and John L. Lumley, Reviewer
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Undulators and Free‐Electron Lasers

P. Luchini, H. Motz, and Claudio Pellegrini, Reviewer
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The Physics of Musical Instruments

Neville H. Fletcher, Thomas D. Rossing, and Gabriel Weinreich, Reviewer
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The Physics of Phonons

G. P. Srivastava and Vladimir Kresin, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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Allan Sandage Receives 1991 Crafoord Prize

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Several Acoustics Researchers Receive ASA Medals

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Arkady Migdal

Vladimir Gribov, Anatoly Larkin, Lev Okun, Alexander Polyakov, and Eduard Saperstein
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Paul E. Klopsteg

Melba Phillips
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Stephan Berko

Allen P. Mills, Jr. and Karl F. Canter
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Robert N. Thorn

John C. Hopkins and Nanette Moore
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Albert Rose

Walter Johnson, Paul K. Weimer, and Richard Williams
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Paul A. Anderson

Philip H. Abelson and Edward E. Donaldson
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Clarence E. Bennett

Charles W. Smith, Kenneth R. Brownstein, and Charles E. Armentrout
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Malcolm Dole

Irving M. Klotz and Mark Ratner
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Does 1992 Mark the End of an Era for DOE's Crown Jewels of Physics?

Irwin Goodwin
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After Townes, Physicists Voice an Appeal to Reason

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French ‘Science Observatory’ Issues First Volume of Science Indicators

William Sweet
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University Reforms

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Shooting at University of Iowa Claims Four Physicists, Administrator

Jean Kumagai
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Questions Raised about Beijing Conference

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Survey Finds Gloomier Job Market for PhDs

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Goddard is Elected President of Society of Rheology

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Holmes is Editor of Computers in Physics

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In Brief

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Richter Elected Vice President, Council is Expanded

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