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February 1997

Volume 50, Issue 2

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Select this Article		Corona: The First Reconnaissance Satellites Albert D. Wheelon


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Select this Article		Stretch Genes Robert H. Austin, James P. Brody, Edward C. Cox, Thomas Duke, and Wayne Volkmuth


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Select this Article		String Theory Is Testable, Even Supertestable Gordon Kane


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PHYSICS UPDATE

Select this Article		Physics Update Benjamin P. Stein, Phillip F. Schewe, and Stephen G. Benka


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LETTERS

Select this Article		Gatekeepers in Science Stifle Individual Creativity, Those in Legal System Should Study Science Robert Yaes and Kenneth Fox


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Select this Article		Reprint Pact Proposed for Saving Time, Effort When Reusing Figures David P. Stern


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Select this Article		Gap Filled in History of Ladder Compounds Steven P. Strong


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Select this Article		Jeffersonian Approach to Renaming CEBAF Decried; Lincoln Next? Lawrence Cranberg


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Select this Article		Nambu's Importance Discussed: Pion‐eer or Man of ‘Color’? Paul Frampton and Roman Jackiw


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Select this Article		A Fizz‐sics Solution: Use Limestone to Cure Lake's CO₂ Problem Dan Golomb


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Select this Article		MAAD Scientists and Others Do Numerical Fracture Studies Farid F. Abraham, John R. Griffiths, Michael Marder, and Jay Fineberg


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Select this Article		Correction See Also: Erratum


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SEARCH AND DISCOVERY

Select this Article		In a Quantum Hall System, Is the Insulator Really a Conductor in Vortex Clothing? Barbara Goss Levi


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Select this Article		Auger Project Seeks to Study Highest Energy Cosmic Rays Bertram Schwarzschild


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	+ -	Show Topic Whave no idea how protons can get accelerated to energies above 10²⁰ eV, but they occasionally do. Existing air‐shower arrays have seen less than a dozen in 35 years.

MEETINGS

Select this Article		APS Meets This March in Kansas City


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BOOKS

Select this Article		Rain of Iron and Ice: The Very Real Threat of Comet and Asteroid Bombardment and Rogue Asteroids and Doomsday Comets: The Search for the Million Megaton Menace That Threatens Life on Earth John S. Lewis, Duncan Steel, and David Morrison, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Quantum Field Theory in Condensed Matter Physics Alexi M. Tsvelik and Allan Macdonald, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Molecular Physics and Elements of Quantum Chemistry: Introduction to Experiments and Theory Hermann Haken, Hans Christoph Wolf, and Zoltán Géza Soos, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Electroweak and Strong Interactions: An Introduction to Theoretical Particle Physics Florian Scheck and Michael E. Peskin, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Dusty and Self‐Gravitational Plasmas in Space Paval Bliokh, Victor Sinitsin, Victoria Yaroshenko, and D. A. Mendis, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Semiconductor Characterization: Present Status and Future Needs W. Murray Bullis, Editor, David G. Seiler, Editor, Alain C. Diebold, Editor, and Lawrence G. Rubin, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Fluctuations and Order: The New Synthesis Mark Millonas, Editor and Ronald F. Fox, Reviewer


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Select this Article		New Books


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NEW PRODUCTS

Select this Article		Focus on Optical Components


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WE HEAR THAT

Select this Article		Wolf Foundation Honors Wheeler for Physics, Keller and Sinai for Mathematics


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Select this Article		AAAS Honors Science Leaders and Mentors


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Select this Article		AAS Divisions Name Prize Winners for 1996


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Select this Article		In Brief


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OBITUARIES

Select this Article FREE		Edward Purdy Ney Robert D. Gehrz, Thomas W. Jones, Frank M. McDonald, and John E. Naugle


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Select this Article FREE		Mikhail S. Ioffe Herbert L. Berk, Thomas Kenneth Fowler, and Dimitri D. Ryutov


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Select this Article FREE		Raymond G. Herb Hugh T. Richards


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Select this Article FREE		S. Perry Schlesinger Victor Granatstein, Thomas Marshall, Paul Diament, and Philip Efthtimion


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CAREER CHOICES

Select this Article		Exploring the Realm between Science and Art Jean Kumagai


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WASHINGTON REPORTS

Select this Article		Plutonium, a ‘Clear and Present’ Legacy of Cold War, Placed by DOE on ‘Dual Track’ to Eventual Disposal Irwin Goodwin


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Select this Article		Clinton's Cabinet Changes for Science Agencies Raise Questions on Reforming Energy and Defense Irwin Goodwin


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Select this Article		Washington Ins & Outs: Changes at DOE, FAA and Congress Irwin Goodwin


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PHYSICS COMMUNITY

Select this Article		CERN Council Decides to Build LHC Now—and Pay for It Later Toni Feder


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Select this Article		Prospects for Saving Chalk River Accelerator Look Dim Toni Feder


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Select this Article		Codding Is New Vice President of ACA


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Select this Article		More Physics PhDs Find Permanent Jobs


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Select this Article		In Brief


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Select this Article		Web Watch Graham P. Collins


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