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April 1991

Volume 44, Issue 4

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Select this Article		The 1990s: The Decade of Discovery John N. Bahcall


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Select this Article		The Decade of Infrared Astronomy Frederick C. Gillett and James R. Houck


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	+ -	Show Topic The 1990s should see an 8‐m infrared telescope built atop Mauna Kea, a 2.5‐m telescope in a 747 jumbo jet that will fly above 99% of the water vapor in Earth's atmosphere and a 1‐m cryogenic telescope inserted into a 100 000‐km orbit.

Select this Article		Radioastronomy in the 1990s Kenneth I. Kellermann and David S. Heeschen


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Select this Article		Adaptive Optics and Interferometry Charles A. Beichman and Stephen Ridgway


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	+ -	Show Topic Since Galileo's time, atmospheric turbulence has limited the resolution of astronomical observations to around 0.5 sec. Now optical and infrared astronomers are on the verge of improving the limiting resolution of their observations by factors of tens or hundreds—even thousands.

Select this Article		Particle Astrophysics Bernard Sadouler and James W. Cronin


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Select this Article		Space Astronomy and Astrophysics Claude R. Canizares and Blair D. Savage


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	+ -	Show Topic A revitalized program with a balance of large, moderate and small missions, frequent access to space and improved scientific management will lead to major advances in our understanding of the universe.

Select this Article		Theoretical Astrophysics Christopher F. McKee and William H. Press


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	+ -	Show Topic In topics ranging from the Big Bang to vulcanism on the moons of Jupiter, theoretical advances in the 1980s radically altered the understanding of the universe. In the coming decade, with better data and more realistic models, more answers—and new questions—will be found.

REFERENCE FRAME

Select this Article		The Privilege—and Obligation—of Being a Physicist Leon M. Ledermon


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LETTERS

Select this Article		Fractures, Fractals and Foreign Physics Francisco Guinea, Enrique Louis, and Jonathan Katz


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Select this Article		Educating the Public at the Local Level Chris Roddy, Ephraim Fischbach, Van Neie, and Bill Crummett


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Select this Article		Binding Energies and Supernova Evolution Edward Derringh, Richard Shurtleff, and Hans A. Bethe


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Select this Article		Undergrad Research: A Missed Opportunity Michael Paesler


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Select this Article		Transparencies Made Opaque Rolf G. Winter


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Select this Article		Corrections


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SEARCH AND DISCOVERY

Select this Article		Many Nations Build the Latest in Synchrotron Light Sources Barbara Goss Levi


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Select this Article		Will Users Have to Pay Fees? Barbara Goss Levi


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Select this Article		A Surprise from the Predictable Comet Halley Barbara Goss Levi


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MEETINGS

Select this Article		CLEO‐QELS to Be Held in Baltimore


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Select this Article		Invited Speakers and Their Session Titles


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BOOKS

Select this Article		Dirac: A Scientific Biography Helge S. Kragh and Sylvan S. Schweber, Reviewer


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Select this Article		A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime John Archibald Wheeler and David Layzer, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Elementary Particle Physics: Concepts and Phenomena Otto Nachtmann and Francis Halzen, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Reversing the Arms Race: How to Achieve and Verify Deep Reductions in the Nuclear Arsenals Frank Von Hippel, Roald Z. Sagdeev, and David W. Hafemeister, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Organic Superconductors T. Ishiguro, K. Yamaji, and William A. Little, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Semiconductor Material and Device Characterization Dieter K. Schroder and Lawrence G. Rubin, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Pions to Quarks: Particle Physics in the 1950s Laurie M. Brown, Max Dresden, Lillian Hoddeson, and Michael Chanowitz, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Energy and Empire: A Biographical Study of Lord Kelvin Crosbie Smith, M. Norton Wise, and David B. Wilson, Reviewer


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Select this Article		New Books


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NEW PRODUCTS

Select this Article		New Products


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WE HEAR THAT

Select this Article		Dyson Receives Oersted Medal, Aapt's Highest Honor


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Select this Article		APS's Goeppert‐Mayer Award Goes to Alice White


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Select this Article		In Brief


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OBITUARIES

Select this Article FREE		Harold E. Edgerton Paul E. Gray


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Select this Article FREE		Charlotte Moore Sitterly William C. Martin


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Select this Article FREE		Kent M. Terwilliger L. W. Jones and A. D. Krisch


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Select this Article FREE		Ernest Coleman J. V. Martinez


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WASHINGTON REPORTS

Select this Article		Bush, His Faith in R&D, Raises Hope for Higher 1992 Budget in Hard Times Irwin Goodwin


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Select this Article		OMB's Attempt to Stop Fermilab Upgrade Hits Fans in Congress Irwin Goodwin


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Select this Article		Ach Du Lieber Augustine: A NASA Course to Avoid Drift Irwin Goodwin


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PHYSICS COMMUNITY

Select this Article		Plans for HDTV Face Vagaries of Market, Regulation and Leadership William Sweet


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Select this Article		Japan's Hdtv Development Strategy Jean Kumagai


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Select this Article		Photography and HDTV


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Select this Article		Schmid Succeeds Strasberg as ASA's Executive Officer


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Select this Article		Alley is Elected AAPT Vice President for 1991


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Select this Article		SPS Establishes New Scholarship, Makes White Awards


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Select this Article		In Brief


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NEWS FROM APS

Select this Article		Kleppner Receives 1991 Lilienfeld Prize for Maser Work


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Select this Article		APS Establishes Schawlow Prize In Laser Science

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