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May 1991

Volume 44, Issue 5

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Information is Physical

Rolf Landauer
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There are no unavoidable energy consumption requirements per step in a computer. Related analysis has provided insights into the measurement process and the communication schannel, and has prompted speculations about the nature of physical laws.

Localization of Light

Sajeev John
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Light in certain dielectric microstructures exhibits localized modes, similar to the localized wavefunctions of electrons in disordered solids. These microstructures show new effects in both classical optics and quantum electrodynamics.

Shaping the Future: Science and Technology 2030

Frank H. T. Rhodes
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Questions about today's science policies and education will need to be answered with vision and boldness for a robust and productive future.
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Publishing in Computopia

N. David Mermin
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Heisenberg, Goudsmit and the German ‘A‐Bomb’

Jonothan L. Logan, Helmut Rechenberg, Max Dresden, A. Van Der Ziel, and Mark Walker
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Unemployment Rates and Reactions

Murray Arnow, Kenneth W. Ford, Frank Madarasz, Robert J. Yaes, George Wallerstein, and R. B. Holmes
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Where are the Jobs for Young Physicists?

Kevin Aylesworth and Jon Claerbout
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Four of Five New Experiments Claim Evidence For 17‐keV Neutrinos

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Bill Havens and APS: A Thank You Note

David Lazarus
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Science and Cultural Crisis: An Intellectual Biography of Percy Williams Bridgman

Maila L. Walter and Francis P. Bundy, Reviewer
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Theory of Nuclear Reactions

A. G. Sitenko and Ernest M. Henley, Reviewer
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Computing Before Computers

William Aspray and Michael S. Mahoney, Reviewer
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An Introduction to Dynamic Light Scattering by Macromolecules

Kenneth S. Schmitz and George D. J. Phillies, Reviewer
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Theory of Tokamak Plasmas

R. B. White and James H. Hammer, Reviewer
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Weak Interactions in Nuclei

Barry R. Holstein and Wick Haxton, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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Optical Society of America Pays Tribute to Engineers

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In Brief

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Maurice Jacob
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Baqi Bég

Jeremy Bernstein and Alberto Sirlin
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Sherwood K. Haynes

Joseph Hamilton, Wendall Holladay, William H. Kelly, and Aaron Galonsky
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Edwin N. Lassettre

J. Philip Bromberg, Michael A. Dillon, Winifred M. Huo, James Peek, and Ausma Skerbele Weisend
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Argonne and Fermilab Spearhead Creation of Teachers' Academy

William Sweet
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St. Louis Program Pitches Science to Girls and Minorities

Jean Kumagai
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Schwartz Returns to BNL as Head of Particle Physics

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AIP Survey Finds Fewer Bachelors, Increased Salaries

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Turekian, Chapman are New Editors of AGU Journals

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Saleh to Become Editor of OSA's JOSA A

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In Brief

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