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February 1994

Volume 47, Issue 2

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Special Issue: Physics and Biology

Hans Frauenfelder and Howard C. Berg
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The Ear's Gears: Mechanoelectrical Transduction by Hair Cells

A. J. Hudspeth and Vladislav S. Markin
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Our senses of hearing and equilibrium depend upon biological strain gauges that can respond to mechanical stimuli of atomic dimensions and frequencies exceeding 20 kilohertz.

Electrosensory Organisms

Joseph Bastian
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By detecting weak electric fields from animate or inanimate sources, many aquatic animals acquire information used for orientation, communication and other critical behavior.

Neurons, Dynamics and Computation

John J. Hopfield
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Brains have long been regarded as biological computers. But how do these collections of neurons perform computations?

The Primary Steps of Photosynthesis

Graham R. Fleming and Rienk van Grondelle
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The two important initial steps of photosynthesis—electron transfer and energy transfer—occur with great speed and efficiency. New techniques in laser optics and genetic engineering are helping us to understand why.

Biomolecules: Where the Physics of Complexity and Simplicity Meet

Hans Frauenfelder and Peter G. Wolynes
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How can a protein fold itself properly in on instant, and how could functional proteins possibly have evolved in the brief span of life on Earth? Addressing such questions, we learn a lot about the physics of complexity.
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Hiroshima‐Nagasaki Glass: A Lens on Neutron Doses

Robert L. Fleischer
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In Explaining High TC, is D‐Wave a Washout?

Philip W. Anderson, David Pines, Douglas J. Scalapino, and Zhi‐Xun Shen
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A Record‐Breaking Superconductor, Missed

Earl F. Skelton
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Was Nuclear Collision Article off Target?

Joseph J. Molitoris, Rudolf M. Bock, Subal Das Gupta, and Gary D. Westfall
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Two Laser Pioneers' Early Affiliation

Nlcolaas Bloembergen
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Complexity Study: An Alternative History

Arthur S. Iberall and Philip W. Anderson
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Might DNA Shape Tell Proteins How to Fold?

Henry T. Minden, Hue Sun Chan, and Ken A. Dill
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A Woman Who Ran Los Alamos's Weapons Work

James McNally
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What Today's Physicists Really Need to Learn

James B. Cole
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Why ‘Rule of Thumb’ is a Sore Point

Jack Straton
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One Scientist Who Made His Stamp

Bill Meecham
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There's Still Some Resistance to Reports of Extra‐High Tc Superconductors

Barbara Goss Levi
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Introduction to the Physics of High Energy Accelerators

D. A. Edwards, M. J. Syphers, and William Barletta, Reviewer
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Physical Properties of III‐V Semiconductor Compounds: InP, InAs, GaAs, GaP, InGaAs and lnGaAsP

Sadao Adachi and Charles W. Tu, Reviewer
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What Makes Nature Tick?

Roger G. Newton and Rudolf Peierls, Reviewer
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Simple Models of Complex Nuclei: The Shell Model and Interacting Boson Model

Igal Talmi and Bruce R. Barrett, Reviewer
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Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Field Theory:A Modern Introduction

Lowell S. Brown, Michio Kaku, and O. W. Greenberg, Reviewer
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Quantum Theory of the Optical and Electronic Properties of Semiconductors

Hartmut Haug, Stephen W. Koch, and Leonid V. Keldysh, Reviewer
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New Books

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New Products

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APS Prizes Awarded at Division Meetings

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ASA Recognizes Work in Acoustics

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Rheology Society Honors Joseph

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In Brief

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Zhang Wen‐Yu

Lee Grodzins
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Clarence Zener

Charles Wert
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Gerhard E. Fischer

Burton Richter and Bill Kirk
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Christopher Bottcher

Sheldon Datz, Michael Strayer, and Alex Dalgarno
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After Agonizing Death in the Family, Particle Physics Faces Grim Future

Irwin Goodwin
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1994 Expected to Be Year of Decision for European Super Collider

William Sweet
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Franz to Become Executive Officer of APS

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Armstrong is President of Society of Rheology

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