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May 1996

Volume 49, Issue 5

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Select this Article		From Newton's Moon to Einstein's Moon Kenneth Nordtvedt


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Select this Article		Liverpool and Berkeley: The Chadwick–Lawrence Letters Andrew P. Brown See Also: Erratum


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Select this Article		Charge‐Density‐Wave Conductors Robert E. Thorne


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PHYSICS UPDATE

Select this Article		Physics Update Phillip F. Schewe and Benjamin P. Stein


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LETTERS

Select this Article		Choosing a Future for Physics Proves to Be Highly Debatable Kenneth Ford, Jeffrey Marque, Marshall Onellion, Sol M. Gruner, James S. Langer, Phil Nelson, and Viola Vogel


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Select this Article		Apparatus Upended: A Short History of the Fountain A‐Clock Robert A. Naumann and H. Henry Stroke


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Select this Article		Becquerel Centennial Reveals Hot Spots George Wallerstein, Stanley Bashkin, Lawrence Cranberg, and Lawrence Badash


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Select this Article		Split Decision Covered Larry L. Gadeken and Bernhard Lehmann


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Select this Article		Correction


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SEARCH AND DISCOVERY

Select this Article		Livermore's Big Guns Produce Liquid Metallic Hydrogen Ray Ladbury


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Select this Article		Measuring Distances to More Supernovae Sharpens the Hubble Constant Debate Bertram Schwarzschild


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Select this Article		Model Sheds Light on a Tragedy and a New Type of Eruption Ray Ladbury


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Select this Article		Researchers Vie to Achieve a Quantum‐Dot Laser Barbara Goss Levi


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MEETINGS

Select this Article		Anaheim to be the Setting for the 1996 Convocation of CLEO∕QELS


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BOOKS

Select this Article		Linus Pauling: A Life in Science and Politics; Force of Nature: the Life of Linus Pauling; Linus Pauling in His Own Words: Selected Writings, Speeches, and Interviews Ted Goertzel, Ben Goertzel, Thomas Hager, Barbara Marinacci, Editor, and Derek A. Davenport, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Gender Differences in Science Careers: The Project Access Study and Who Succeeds in Science? the Gender Dimension Gerhard Sonnert, Gerald Holton, and Vera Kistiakowsky, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Statistical Thermodynamics of Surfaces, Interfaces, and Membranes Samuel A. Safran and Michael Schick, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics Leonard Mandel, Emil Wolf, and Jeffrey H. Shapiro, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Electronic Transport in Mesoscopic Systems Supriyo Datta and Henk van Houten, Reviewer


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Select this Article		The Solar–Terrestrial Environment John K. Hargreaves and George L. Siscoe, Reviewer


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Select this Article		New Books


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NEW PRODUCTS

Select this Article		Focus on Tests & Measurement


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WE HEAR THAT

Select this Article		Three to Receive London Prize in Prague


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Select this Article		Franklin Institute Announces Medal Winners


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Select this Article		APS to Bestow Honors in Indianapolis and Ann Arbor


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Select this Article		Holcomb, Wieman and Others Honored by AAPT in Reno


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Select this Article		AIP Presents Science Writing Award to Cole


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Select this Article		In Brief


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OBITUARIES

Select this Article FREE		Roger Dashen Aneesh Manohar and Curtis Callan


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Select this Article FREE		Ryogo Kubo Masuo Suzuki


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Select this Article FREE		Arthur F. Kip Roger W. Falcone


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Select this Article FREE		Everett Gladding Fuller Evans Hayward


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CAREER CHOICES

Select this Article		The Explosive! Action‐Packed! Fantastic! Physics of Computer Games Jean Kumagai


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WASHINGTON REPORTS

Select this Article		Clinton's 1997 Budget Proposes Small R&D Gains and Promises to Start More Battles on Capitol Hill Irwin Goodwin


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Select this Article		LHC ‘Back on Track’ As DOE Proposes to Ante Up $400 Million to $500 Million Irwin Goodwin


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PHYSICS COMMUNITY

Select this Article		Physics Enrollments Continue to Fall


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Select this Article		Molina Donates Nobel Money for Global Research


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Select this Article		Amelio, a Physicist, Takes the Reins at Apple


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Select this Article		In Brief


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