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January 1999

Volume 52, Issue 1

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Select this Article		Teaching Physics: Figuring out What Works Edward F. Redish and Richard N. Steinberg


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Select this Article		Catalysis and Surface Science Gerhard Ertl and Hans‐Joachim Freund


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Select this Article		Correlated‐Photon Metrology Without Absolute Standards Alan Migdall


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Select this Article		The First Ten Million Millennia or So Don L. Anderson


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PHYSICS UPDATE

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


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REFERENCE FRAME

Select this Article		The Persistence of Ether Frank Wilczek


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LETTERS

Select this Article		Postmodernism, Cophenhagen and the Sokaled Science Wars, by Jove Lawrence S. Lerner, Ted Lawry, Charles P. Enz, Nina Byers, Paul Roman, Martin C. Gutzwiller, Scott W. Keyes, Dan Agin, and Mara Beller See Also: Erratum


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Select this Article		Hooray for 1998 Nobel in Physics, But What About Fowler et al.? Marshall I. Nathan


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Select this Article		Abbot, with Physics Career of 8 Decades, Passes Bethe Test Jay M. Pasachoff


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Select this Article		Correction


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SEARCH AND DISCOVERY

Select this Article		Visible Progress Made in Three‐Dimensional Photonic ‘Crystals’ Barbara Goss Levi


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Select this Article		Combustion in Two Dimensions Yields Fingering Instability Gloria B. Lubkin


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Select this Article		SLAC's Asymmetric B Factory Will Study CP Violation Bertram Schwarzchild


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BOOKS

Select this Article		To Light Such a Candle: Chapters in the History of Science and Technology Keith J. Laidler and George Wise, Reviewer


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Select this Article		A Modern Course in Statistical Physics Linda E. Reichl and Susan N. Coppersmith, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Sliding Friction: Physical Principles and Applications Bo N. J. Persson and Nicholas D. Spencer, Reviewer


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Select this Article		A Complete Introduction to Modern NMR Spectroscopy Roger S. Macomber and Gerard S. Harbison, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Randomness Deborah J. Bennett and Stephen Gasiorowicz, Reviewer


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Select this Article		The Little Book of the Big Bang: A Cosmic Primer Craig Hogan and Ruth A. Daly, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Pulsar Astronomy Andrew G. Lyne, Francis Graham‐Smith, and Stephen E. Thorsett, Reviewer


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Select this Article		New Books


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NEW PRODUCTS

Select this Article		Focus on Photonics Lawrence G. Rubin


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WE HEAR THAT

Select this Article		1998 Lawrence Awards Recognizes Advances in Atomic Energy


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Select this Article		APS Plasma Physics Award Honors Four


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Select this Article		Ten Individuals Honored by ASA


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Select this Article		Engineering Excellence Awards Given by OSA


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Select this Article		In Brief


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OBITUARIES

Select this Article FREE		Frederick Reines William R. Kropp, Jonas Schultz, and Henry W. Sobel


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Select this Article FREE		Edward Leonard Ginzton Karl L. Brown


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Select this Article FREE		Robert Alfred Laudise William F. Brinkman and C. Kumar L. Patel


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Select this Article FREE		John Paul Jakubovics Pieter Van Der Zaag and Ami Berkowitz


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WASHINGTON REPORTS

Select this Article		DOE Seeks to Convert Russia's Nuclear Cities into Commercial Centers to Prevent Loose Nukes Irwin Goodwin


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Select this Article		Richter's Impending Retirement as SLAC's Director Deepens Concerns About Changing the Guard at DOE Labs Irwin Goodwin


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Select this Article		Washington Ins & Outs: Moler Leaves DoE; Staffin Moves Up; McTague Retires Irwin Goodwin


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PHYSICS COMMUNITY

Select this Article		How Will the New Engineering Education Criteria Affect Physics? Jean Kumagai


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Select this Article		Physics Anxiety in Engineering Jean Kumagai


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Select this Article		Canadian Scientists and Nuclear Industry Plan Joint Research Reactor Toni Feder See Also: Erratum


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Select this Article		Howes Will Lead AAPT in 2001


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Select this Article		In Brief


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Select this Article		Student‐Run Physics Conference Enters Its 35th Year Jean Kumagai


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Select this Article		Web Watch Charles Day


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