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Select this Article FREE		Career Opportunities in Optics Anthony M. Johnson and C. Breck Hitz

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Select this Article FREE		Modern Classical Physics Through the Work of G. I. Taylor Michael P. Brenner and Howard A. Stone

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Select this Article FREE		Andrei Sakharov and the Nuclear Danger Sidney D. Drell

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PHYSICS UPDATE

Select this Article FREE		Physics Update Barbara Goss Levi, Philip F. Schewe, and Benjamin P. Stein

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LETTERS

Select this Article FREE		Radiation Risks and LNT: The Discussion Continues Richard Wilson, Richard L. Garwin, and Zbigniew Jaworowski

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Select this Article FREE		Quantum Histories, Mysteries, and Measurements Nico G. van Kampen, Bryce DeWitt, Sheldon Goldstein, Jean Bricmont, Robert B. Griffiths, and Roland Omnès

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Select this Article FREE		Correction

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SEARCH AND DISCOVERY

Select this Article FREE		Novel Composite Medium Exhibits Reversed Electromagnetic Properties Richard Fitzgerald

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Select this Article FREE		Chandra Probes Deeper into the Mystery of the X‐Ray Background Charles Day

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Select this Article FREE		Have Heavy Ion Collisions at CERN Reached the Quark–Gluon Plasma? Bertram Schwarzschild

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Select this Article FREE		The Quantum Hall Effect—in Pentacene? Barbara Goss Levi See Also: Erratum

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MEETINGS

Select this Article FREE		San Francisco is the Site of CLEO∕QELS 2000

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BOOKS

Select this Article FREE		The Quantum Theory of Fields, Vol. 3: Supersymmetry Steven Weinberg and Frank Wilczek, Reviewer

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Select this Article FREE		Cosmological Physics John A. Peacock and Lawrence M. Krauss, Reviewer

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Select this Article FREE		Quantum Generations: A History of Physics in the Twentieth Century Helge Kragh and Laurie M. Brown, Reviewer

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Select this Article FREE		Introduction to Superconducting Circuits Alan M. Kadin and Herbert Kroemer, Reviewer

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Select this Article FREE		Einstein's German World Fritz Stern and Helmut Rechenberg, Reviewer

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Select this Article FREE		Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei: An Introduction Ajit K. Kembhavi, Jayant V. Narlikar, and Kimberly A. Weaver, Reviewer

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Select this Article FREE		Fiber Bragg Gratings: Fundamentals and Applications in Telecommunications and Sensing Andreas Othonos, Kyriacos Kalli, and Glenn E. Kohnke, Reviewer

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Select this Article FREE		New Books

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NEW PRODUCTS

Select this Article FREE		Focus on Sensors Lawrence G. Rubin

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WE HEAR THAT

Select this Article FREE		Maple, Dresselhaus, and Ajzenberg‐Selove Honored by APS

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Select this Article FREE		Engineering Academy Elects New Members

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Select this Article FREE		German Societies Present Awards

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OBITUARIES

Select this Article FREE		Louis Michel Raymond Stora and Valentine Telegdi

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Select this Article FREE		Jan Peter van der Ziel Charles H. Henry, Ralph A. Logan, and William R. Frensley

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WASHINGTON REPORTS

Select this Article FREE		Goldin's ‘Faster, Cheaper, Better’ Approach Still Valid After NASA's Failures in Mars Missions Irwin Goodwin

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Select this Article FREE		Clinton's One‐Day Visit to India's Silicon Valley Leads to Science and Technology Collaborations Irwin Goodwin

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Select this Article FREE		Engineers Proclaim Top Achievements of 20th Century, but Neglect Attributing Feats to Roots in Physics Irwin Goodwin

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PHYSICS COMMUNITY

Select this Article FREE		Bohr‐Heisenberg Symposium Marks Broadway Opening of Copenhagen Bertram Schwarzschild

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Select this Article FREE		UK Ends Site Stalemate by Sending Synchrotron South Toni Feder

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Select this Article FREE		Dyson Gets Religion Prize Toni Feder

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Select this Article FREE		French Science Minister Fired Toni Feder

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Select this Article FREE		In Brief

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