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July 1996

Volume 49, Issue 7

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Quantum Point Contacts

Henk van Houten and Carlo Beenakker
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The quantization of ballistic electron transport through a constriction demonstrates that “conduction is transmission.”

Solar Neutrino Experiments: The Next Generation

John N. Bahcall, Frank Calaprice, Arthur B. McDonald, and Yoji Totsuka
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Three big new detectors are addressing: the puzzle of the persistent solar‐neutrino deficit. Is it the Sun, or the neutrino, that's behaving so strangely? We may soon know for certain.

Making a Difference: Ethnic Diversity in Physics

James H. Stith
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If we are to overcome the major obstacles to science education for all, it will require the dedicated efforts of the entire science community.
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Physics Update

Phillip F. Schewe, Benjamin P. Stein, and Stephen G. Benka
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Sociologists, Scientist Continue Debate about Scientific Process

Harry Collins, Trevor Pinch, and N. David Mermin
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Lunar Ranging and Relativity Theory: What's the Matter?

Richard Mentock and Kenneth Nordtvedt
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More on Electronic Publishing—On the Bound Printed Page

Paul Ginsparg, Peter B. Boyce, and Heather Dalterio
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Referees' Reports + Authors' Replies = Physical Review R

Seth J. Putterman
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UN, ESA Workshops on Space Science Aimed at Developing Nations

Hans J. Haubold
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Derivatives Trading Again: Finance Pros Take on Physicists

Oren Cheyette, Ronald N. Kahn, Jean‐Philippe Bouchaud, and Didier Sornette
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Meitner, Frisch Got to Fission Theory First—The Rest Found It in Nature

Ruth Lewin Sime
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Pluto Update: Surface Already Mapped, Photos Prove to be Model Image

Richard P. Binzel and Robert L. Marcialis
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How to Donate Books, Journals on Medical and Health Physics

Cathy Alekhteyar
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Correction

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Galileo's Probe Sends a Weather Report from Jupiter

Ray Ladbury
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The first‐ever in situ measurements of Jupiter's atmosphere reveal conditions to be dry and windy; but is this true globally or just the result of local weather?

… And Io Yields Still More Surprises

Ray Ladbury
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Almost four centuries after Galileo's telescope revealed moons orbiting Jupiter, those same moons are revealing their secrets to the Galileo spacecraft‐starting with Io's differentiated structure and magnetic properties.
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Sin‐itiro Tomonaga: Life of a Japanese Physicist

Makinosuke Matsui and Silvan S. Schweber, Reviewer
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The Nature of Space and Time

Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose, and John Preskill, Reviewer
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Stretch, Twist, Fold: The Fast Dynamo

Stephen Childress, Andrew D. Gilbert, and Edward Ott, Reviewer
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Physics of Optoelectronic Devices

Shun Lien Chuang, Nasser Peyghambarian, Reviewer, and Stephan Koch, Reviewer
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3 K: The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

R. Bruce Partridge and John C. Mather, Reviewer
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The Three Big Bangs: Comet Crashes, Exploding Stars and the Creation of the Universe

Philip M. Dauber, Richard A. Muller, and Stirling A. Colgate, Reviewer
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Magnetism in Disorder

Trevor J. Hicks and David L. Huber, Reviewer
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MHD Structures, Waves and Turbulence in the Solar Wind: Observations and Theories

Chuan‐Yi Tu, Eckart Marsch, and Gary P. Zank
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New Books

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Focus on Power Supplies

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Nas Elects New Members

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American Philosophical Society Adds to its Ranks

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In Brief

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Roman Smoluchowski

Anita Cochran, William Cochran, G. Jay Dienes, David O. Welch, Peter Eisenberger, Barrie S. H. Royce, and Sergio Mascarenhas
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George Bekefi

Abraham Bers, Bruno Coppi, Daniel Kleppner, and Miklos Porkolab
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Joseph Murray

Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky and Joseph Ballam
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David Powell Shoemaker

Kenneth Hedberg and Verner Schomaker
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Gianni Ascarelli

Roberto Colella, Gabriele F. Giuliani, Hisao Nakanishi, Jean‐Paul Jay‐Gerin, and Itzhak T. Steinberger
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New NSF Research Centers Will Focus on Biomaterials and Semiconductors

Toni Feder and Jean Kumagai
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High Schools Try New ‘Active’ Approach to Physics

Jean Kumagai
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LBNL Creates Water Purifier for Developing Countries

Toni Feder
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