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Select this Article		Top‐ology Chris Quigg


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Select this Article FREE		Duality, Spacetime and Quantum Mechanics Edward Witten


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Select this Article		Blending Education and Research in Atmospheric Science—A Case Study Stephen A. Cohn, John Hallett, and Darko Koracin


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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		Development of Fusion Power Seen as Essential to World's Energy Future; Critics Respond John A. Schmidt, Ronald C. Davidson, Rush D. Holt, Farrokh Najmabadi, Mark Tillack, Lester Waganer, Steven Jardin, Clement Wong, Dai Kai Sze, Laila El‐Guebaly, Leslie Bromberg, L. John Perkins, David C. Montgomery, David E. Baldwin, Robert W. Conn, et al.


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Select this Article		Canada Is Chided for Abandoning Its TASCC David Lunney


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Select this Article		Corona Program Is Finally Discovered Leonard Gordon and Albert D. Wheelon


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Select this Article		Figure Reproduction Simplified With ‘Blanket Permission’ Keith L. Seitter


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SEARCH AND DISCOVERY

Select this Article		Michigan State Upgrade to Produce Intense Radioactive Ion Beams by Fragmentation Technique Gloria B. Lubkin


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Select this Article		With New Funding, Antimatter Research to Continue at CERN Toni Feder


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OPINION

Select this Article		Why Would Anyone Major in Physics? Robert Ehrlich


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MEETINGS

Select this Article		Applied and Basic Science Meet at Electro‐Optics Conference in Baltimore


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BOOKS

Select this Article		Shocks and Rocks: Seismology in the Plate Tectonics Revolution Jack Oliver and Henry Frankel, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Active Control of Vibration C. R. Fuller, S. J. Elliott, P. A. Nelson, and Jiri Tichy, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Nuclear Energy: Principles, Practices and Prospects David Bodansky and Richard Wilson, Reviewer


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Select this Article		An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics Bradley W. Carroll, Dale A. Ostlie, and Michael Friedlander, Reviewer


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Select this Article		New Books


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NEW PRODUCTS

Select this Article		Focus on Lasers


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WE HEAR THAT

Select this Article		APS Prizes Presented in Washington


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Select this Article		ASA Will Honor Three at Spring Meeting


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Select this Article		In Brief


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OBITUARIES

Select this Article FREE		Ednor Marsh Rowe Keith R. Symon, David L. Huber, Walter S. Trzeciak, Frederick E. Mills, and John H. Weaver


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Select this Article FREE		Bascom W. Birmingham Fred Fickett and Dudley B. Chelton


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Select this Article FREE		Ales Strojnik Marija S. Scholl


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WASHINGTON REPORTS

Select this Article		At 50, Brookhaven Grapples with Radioactive Leaks and Search for New Director to Succeed Samios Irwin Goodwin


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Select this Article		Tritium Leak Delays Neutron Research at Brookhaven Barbara Goss Levi


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Select this Article		Washington Dispatches Irwin Goodwin


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Select this Article		CERN Director Meets Science Board While on Collision Course in Congress Irwin Goodwin See Also: Erratum


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Select this Article		Washington Ins & Outs


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PHYSICS COMMUNITY

Select this Article		Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy Averts Closure Toni Feder See Also: Erratum


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Select this Article		Elements 104–109: Soon to Be Named? Barbara Goss Levi


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Select this Article		A Physicist Now Heads South Korea's Science Ministry Jean Kumagai


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Select this Article		AGU Creates Medal to Honor Lehmann Jean Kumagai


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Select this Article		Survey Finds Tight but Volatile Academic Job Market Jean Kumagai


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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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Select this Article		Crossword puzzle—William Shakespeare: Machine Physicist James Savage


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