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Volume 53, Issue 6

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Select this Article FREE		The Physics of the Sun and the Gateway to the Stars Eugene N. Parker See Also: Erratum

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Select this Article FREE		The Origins of Mathematical Physics: New Light on an Old Question Reviel Netz

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	+ -	Show Topic A recently resurfaced tenth century manuscript, the Archimedes Palimpsest, includes the sole extant copy of Archimedes's treatise, the Method. As scholars begin study, new insights into Archimedes are emerging.

Select this Article FREE		Spin and Isospin: Exotic Order in Quantum Hall Ferromagnets Steven M. Girvin

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PHYSICS UPDATE

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

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REFERENCE FRAME

Select this Article FREE		What Is Quantum Theory? Frank Wilczek

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LETTERS

Select this Article FREE		Oppie's Colleagues Affirm His Leadership in Manhattan Project Hans A. Bethe and Robert Christy

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Select this Article FREE		The Nitty Gritty on Compatible Families William G. Faris, Robert B. Griffiths, and Roland Omnès

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Select this Article FREE		Echegaray—Fiscal Scientist and More Jorge Mira Pérez

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Select this Article FREE		Correcting the Record on Jordan, Zermelo Dan Agin and David E. Fisher

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Select this Article FREE		Sticky Things Heat Up, Cool Quickly Harry H. Hull

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Select this Article FREE		Physical Information Before Landauer Amnon Katz

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Select this Article FREE		Book Purchases Can Support Science Education Adrian L. Melott

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Select this Article FREE		Correction

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SEARCH AND DISCOVERY

Select this Article FREE		The Heat Flow through Nanoscale Wires Faces a Fundamental Limit Barbara Goss Levi

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Select this Article FREE		Femtosecond Comb Technique Vastly Simplifies Optical Frequency Measurements Gloria B. Lubkin

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Select this Article FREE		Titanium Carbide Nanocrystals Shed Light on Late Phase of Stellar Lifecycle Charles Day

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	+ -	Show Topic An infrared emission feature from individual nanocrystals has been measured in the lab and matched to a similar feature in the spectra of old giant stars.

Select this Article FREE		Two Satellites Observe Details of Ocean‐Atmosphere Coupling Charles Day

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OPINION

Select this Article FREE		Teaching and Propaganda Mano Singham

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BOOKS

Select this Article FREE		The New World of Mr. Tompkins George Gamow, Russell Stannard, and Daniel M. Greenberger, Reviewer

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Select this Article FREE		Little Book of Streamlines Constantine Pozrikidis and Stanley A. Berger, Reviewer

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Select this Article FREE		The Unmaking of the Medieval Christian Cosmos, 1500–1760: From Solid Heavens to Boundless Aether William G. L. Randles and Owen Gingerich, Reviewer

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Select this Article FREE		Classical Electrodynamics Julian Schwinger, Lester L. DeRaad, Jr, Kimball A. Milton, Wu‐yang Tsai, and Fritz Rohrlich, Reviewer

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Select this Article FREE		General Relativity: A Geometric Approach Malcolm Ludvigsen and Sergei F. Shandarin, Reviewer

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Select this Article FREE		New Books

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NEW PRODUCTS

Select this Article FREE		Focus on Photonics

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WE HEAR THAT

Select this Article FREE		National Science Board Presents Awards

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Select this Article FREE		President Honors Young Scientists

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Select this Article FREE		In Brief

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OBITUARIES

Select this Article FREE		Andrei Tsolakovitch Amatuni Igor Pogorelsky

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Select this Article FREE		Kurt J. Lesker Jr Bill Zinn

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WASHINGTON REPORTS

Select this Article FREE		US and Russia Quarrel Over an Old Issue: Missile Defense, Now Dubbed ‘Star Wars Lite’ Irwin Goodwin

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Select this Article FREE		As Term Nears End, Clinton Names Dresselhaus to Strengthen Support for DOE Science Research Irwin Goodwin

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Select this Article FREE		Clinton Nominates General John Gordon to Lead New NNSA Irwin Goodwin

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PHYSICS COMMUNITY

Select this Article FREE		A New Generation of Gamma‐Ray Telescopes Prepares To Plumb the Nonthermal Universe Toni Feder

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Select this Article FREE		Jordan Will Likely Host Middle East Synchrotron Light Source Toni Feder

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Select this Article FREE		Physics Enrollment Leveling Off, Make‐up Changing

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Select this Article FREE		Web Watch Charles Day

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