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February 1992

Volume 45, Issue 2

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The Dynamical Evidence for Dark Matter

Scott Tremaine
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Studies of the dynamics of galaxies show that at least 90% of the mass in the universe is in some invisible, unknown form.

Roundtable: Science Under Stress

Gloria Lubkin


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Physics in the US is beset by a paradox: It is more vital and productive than ever, with more people and wider horizons in the field, yet its practitioners are down in the dumps. Just when physicists ought to be thrilled and tantalized by the unlimited challenges, they are devoting more effort to getting funds to do their work. PHYSICS TODAY assembled eight prominent scientists to discuss the malaise that grips physics and physicists.
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Nuclear Accident ‘Scenarios’ ≠ ‘Risks’

A. David Rossin
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‘Surplusing’ Aging Industrial Physicists

A. C. Hall
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Is Space Station Getting a Fair Hearing?

Eugene C. Mckannan, Nicolaas Bloembergen, and G. Brent Dalrymple
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Atom Interferometry's Prior Patent

Saul Altshuler and Lee M. Frantz
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Inventors’ Rights Make America's Might

Lawrence Cranberg
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In Science Education, What's Fair is Fairs

G. L. Dybwad
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Greenhouse Effect Evidence Debated

Alison Campbell and Marilyn Boysen
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Advice to Foreign and Following Speakers

Katalin Kamaras and Judith Totman Parrish
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The Mythical ‘Golden Age’ of Grants

J. M. Daniels
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Obit Selective on Shockley's Race Ideas

William J. Spence
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An E‐Mail Message from Mozart

David Mermin
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Did Heisenberg Misconceive A‐Bomb?

Paul Lawrence Rose and Mark Walker
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Legislating Science Funding Levels

William Liu
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An Issue of Neglect for Astronomy?

Shirley W. Harrison, Harold Zirin, and John N. Bahcall
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Theory Lack Shouldn't Prevent Publication

Roman Schrittwieser
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Stereopsis and Science

Philip R. Pennington
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Optics’ Terminological Affliction

S. V. Pappu
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Two‐Year College Faculty's Burden

Robert L. Warasila
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Making Stars to See Stars: DOD Adaptive Optics Work is Declassified

Graham P. Collins
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Compton Observatory Data Deepen the Mystery of the Gamma‐Ray Bursters

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Japan: Not an Energy Efficiency Model

Milton Searl and Chauncey Starr
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Indianapolis Will Be Site for March Meeting of APS

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International Trends in Optics

Joseph W. Goodman and W. J. Tomlinson, Reviewer
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Principles of Adaptive Optics

Robert K. Tyson and Peter L. Wizinowich, Reviewer
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Five Billion Vodka Bottles to the Moon

Iosif Shklovsky and Kenneth I. Kellermann, Reviewer
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Fractional Statistics and Anyon Superconductivity

Frank Wilczek and Daniel S. Rokhsar, Reviewer
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Space Commerce

John L. McLucas and Arthur Kantrowitz, Reviewer
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Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance

Donald MacKenzie and Peter D. Zimmerman, Reviewer
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Wave Mechanics Applied to Semiconductor Heterostructures

Gérald Bastard and Joel Schulman, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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National Medals of Science Presented at White House Ceremony

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AAS Division Awards Given to Researchers

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Edwin M. McMillan

Edward J. Lofgren, Philip H. Abelson, and A. Carl Helmholz
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Roger Revelle

William A. Nierenberg
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Res Jost

Walter Kohn, David Ruelle, and Arthur Wightman
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Jules W. Sunier

Darrell Drake, Joel M. Moss, Jen‐Chieh Peng, and Harold C. Britt
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France Proposes Merger of Nuclear and Consumer Electronics Industries

William Sweet
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Sematech Proposes New Five‐Year Research Plan

Jean Kumagai
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Iran Rescues Trieste Physics Center from Financial Crisis

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Mount Graham Observatory Wins Legal Round

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Kaon Factory Wins Federal and Provincial Funding in Canada

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Russians Request Help with Subscriptions

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Russian Appeal for Journal Subscriptions

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Haxton is Director of Nuclear Theory Institute

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Whalen Named CEO of Conductus INC, Succeeds Cannon

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Optical Society Elects Byer Vice President

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APS Establishes Award for Work Overseas

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Book on Simulation Wins AIP Writing Award

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Search for New Mathematical Physics Editor

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In Brief

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