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December 1996

Volume 49, Issue 12

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The Pool‐Table Analogy with Axion Physics

Pierre Sikivie
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A tilted room houses a mysteriously horizontal pool table, sending an imaginary character named TSP on an intellectual journey that parallels that of physicists interested in the strong CP problem and axion physics.

Topological Ideas and Fluid Mechanics

Renzo L. Ricca and Mitchell A. Berger
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New mathematical techniques and greater computational power have made it possible to apply knot theory and braid theory to fluid flows.

The Introductory Calculus‐Based Physics Textbook

Joseph Amato
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Physics professors who teach the introductory course frequently complain about the first‐year textbooks. Here are some of the books being developed in response.
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Physics Update

Benjamin P. Stein, Phillip F. Schewe, and Stephen G. Benka
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Views ITERated on Proposed New Reactor, Ignitor, Fusion Power

Igor Fodor, Bruno Coppi, and Janis Lawyer
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Article on Ethnic Diversity Prompts Minority Retort

Aklilu Sauvage, Steven E. Plaut, Luciano N. Blanco, Vincent H. Crespi, and James H. Stith
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Views on Steel‐Pan Tuning Process Harden—or Soften

Ellison H. Taylor, Thomas D. Rossing, D. Scott Hampton, and Uwe J. Hansen
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Nobel Prize in Physics to Lee, Osheroff and Richardson for Discovery of Superfluidity in 3He

Gloria B. Lubkin
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Aquarter of a century ago three Cornell experimenters found that when they cooled 3He below 3 mK it had three different superfluid phases and behaved anisotropically.

Nobel Chemistry Prize Goes to Curl, Kroto and Smalley for Discovering Fullerenes

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Carbon is unique in its ability to combine with other atoms in innumerable ways. But only recently have we learned that pure carbon can form itself into a dazzling proliferation of molecular shapes.
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Laser Fundamentals

William T. Silfvast and William B. Bridges, Reviewer
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Vibrations and Waves

William Gough, John P. G. Richards, Rhys P. Williams, and Lyle Roelofs, Reviewer
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Reasoning about Luck: Probability and Its Uses in Physics

Vinay Ambegaokar and Ruth H. Howes, Reviewer
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Cellular Biophysics, Volumes 1 and 2

Thomas F. Weiss and Eugenie V. Mielczarek, Reviewer
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An Introduction to High‐Performance Scientific Computing

Lloyd D. Fosdick, Elizabeth R. Jessup, Carolyn J.C. Schauble, Gitta Domik, and Ralph L. Place, Reviewer
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Mechanics of Materials and Mechanics of Materials

David Roylance, Roy R. Craig, Jr, and Christopher S. Lynch, Reviewer
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Lasers and Electro‐Optics: Fundamentals and Engineering

Christopher C. Davis and John R. Brandenberger, Reviewer
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Newton's Principia: The Central Argument

Dana Densmore and J. Bruce Brackenridge, Reviewer
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Understanding Relativity: A Simplified Approach to Einstein's Theories

Leo Sartori and L. C. Shepley, Reviewer
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Department‐Head Standards in Undergraduate Texts

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Advanced University Physics

S. B. Palmer, M. S. Rogalski, and Kenneth S. Krane, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Cryogenics

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AAPT Honors Four at Summer Meeting in College Park

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OSA Awards Highlight Optics Contributions

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In Brief

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Thomas S. Kuhn

Jed Z. Buchwald
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Katharine Way

Murray Martin, Norwood Gove, Ruth Gove, Subramanian Raman, and Eugen Merzbacher
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Brian Edward Bent

Kenneth B. Eisenthal, George W. Flynn, and Philip Pechukas
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Martin E. Rickey

Robert Bent, Don Lichtenberg, Dan Miller, and Peter Schwandt
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Ganesar Chanmugam

Kenneth Brecher, Howard E. Bond, Juhan Frank, and Joel E. Tohline
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Engineering Academy Picks Wulf to Replace Deposed President

Irwin Goodwin
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AIP‐Manpower Inc Agreement Aims to Boost Industry's Use of Physicists

Jean Kumagai
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Swiss Neutron Source Starts Up

Toni Feder
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EPS Moves to France, Makes Other Changes

Toni Feder
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Gross Will Be Next Director of ITP

Jean Kumagai
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Maiani to Head CERN Council

Toni Feder
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AIP Reports Look at Master's Recipients and Postdocs

Audrey T. Leath
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Woodall Will Lead AVS in 1998

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Siegman Elected Vice President of OSA

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In Brief

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