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October 1998

Volume 51, Issue 10

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The Global Electric Circuit

Edgar A. Bering III, Arthur A. Few, and James R. Benbrook
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An electric current totaling one kiloamp worldwide flows from thunderstorms in the troposphere into the ionosphere and magnetosphere, eventually returning to the ground through the fair‐weather atmosphere and closing via lightning.

Advanced Techniques in Physical Forensic Science

Patrick Grant, David Chambers, Louis Grace, Douglas Phinney, and Ian Hutcheon
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Ultrasensitive mass spectrometry is now being applied in forensic investigations.

New Magnetic Superconductors: A Toy Box for Solid‐State Physicists

Paul C. Canfield, Peter L. Gammel, and David J. Bishop
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Rare earth nickel borocarbide compounds are rekindling interest in the decades‐old question of how superconductivity and magnetism coexist, and some remarkable answers are emerging.
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Physics Update

Phillip F. Schewe and Stephen G. Benka
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‘Nibbling the Bullet’: Tenure, Mandated Retirement, Options

Eugen Merzbacger, William C. Meecham, Isaac Greber, David C. Nobes, Giacinto Scoles, James M. Daniels, and Daniel Kleppner
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Advancing Faddeev: Math Can Deepen Physics Understanding

Constantino Tsallis and Sumiyoshi Abe
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Arguing about History: Silicon Versus the Industrial Revolution

Anthony V. Nero, Jr.
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Reflecting on Heaven: Prospects Looking Up, Data Still Needed

Jay Burns
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Identifying the Inventor: Tesla's True Ethnic Origin

Norman F. Ness
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Finding Clues: Laser Technology Hints at Indian Bomb Materials

F. J. Duarte
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Correction

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At Long Last, a Bose–Einstein Condensate is Formed in Hydrogen

Barbara Goss Levi
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Because hydrogen atoms interact quite weakly, they are at the same time desirable and difficult candidates for the low temperature collapse into a common quantum ground state predicted in the 1920s.

Giant Air Shower Array Shows Cosmic‐Ray Spectrum Violating Greisen Cutoff

Bertram Schwarzschild
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The highest‐energy cosmic rays appear to be thumbing their noses at what was thought to be an inviolable upper limit.

Long‐Pulse 60‐Tesla Magnet Starts Routine Operation at Los Alamos

Gloria B. Lubkin


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With the long‐pulse 60 tesla magnet now running at Los Alamos, you can study electrical and magnetic properties of many materials.
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Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Physical an Overview from Modern Perspectives

Dipankar Home and James T. Cushing, Reviewer
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Time's Arrows and Quantum Measurement and Time's Arrows Today: Recent Physical and Philosophical Work on the Direction of Time

Lawrence S. Schulman, Steven F. Savitt, and Joel L. Lebowitz, Reviewer
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Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Russell K. Hobbie and Eugenie V. Mielczarek, Reviewer
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The Internet for Scientists and the World Wide Web for Scientists and Engineers: A Complete Reference for Navigating, Researching and Publishing Online

Kevin O'Donnell, Larry Winger, Brian J. Thomas, and Steven Bachrach, Reviewer
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The Quantum Beat: The Physical Principles of Atomic Clocks

Fouad G. Major and Helmut Hellwig, Reviewer
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Computational Physics and an Introduction to Computational Physics

Nicholas J. Giordano, Tao Pang, and John M. Blondin, Reviewer
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Quantum Chromodynamics and the Pomeron

Jeffrey R. Forshaw, Douglas A. Ross, and Carl R. Schmidt, Reviewer
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Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change

John H. Seinfeld, Spyros N. Pandis, and Kevin Noone, Reviewer
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Quantum Optics

Marian O. Scully, M. Suhail Zubairy, and Peter W. Milonni, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Software

Lawrence G. Rubin
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Dealy to Receive SOR's Bingham Medal

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AAPT Presents Five Awards at Summer Meeting

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OSA Awards Land Medal

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American Academy Elects New Fellows

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In Brief

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Henry Cutler Torrey

Herman Y. Carr and Robert V. Pound
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Marcel Bardon

Leon M. Lederman, Laura P. Bautz, David Berley, and John W. Lightbody
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Judah Moshe Eisenberg

Daniel S. Koltun and Benjamin Svetitsky
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Oleg Borisovich Firsov

Mikhail Chibisov, Yurii Martynenko, Peter Sigmund, and Vera Yurasova
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Glenn Lionel Dyer

Greyson Gilson
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Once Lost in Space, SOHO is Found; NASA and ESA Struggle to Revive It

Irwin Goodwin
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Drell's Retirement Evokes Memories of Dual Career as Physicist and Humanist

Irwin Goodwin
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Washington Briefings

Irwin Goodwin
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High School Students Will Soon Join in the Hunt for High‐Energy Cosmic Rays

Jean Kumagai
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Cross‐Disciplinary Survey Offers Snapshot of Science Phd Employment

Jean Kumagai
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Europe's Radio Astronomers Score in Spectrum Battle

Toni Feder
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Faraday Cages Make Train Travel Quieter

Toni Feder
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Congressional Fellows Bring Science to Government

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Airliner crash claims lives of two physicists

Jean Kumagai
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In Brief

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Web Watch

Charles Day
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