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July 2000

Volume 53, Issue 7

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Phase‐Sensitive X‐Ray Imaging

Richard Fitzgerald
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New approaches that can detect x‐ray phase shifts within soft tissues show promise for clinical and biological applications.
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A Historical Perspective on Copenhagen

David C. Cassidy
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What was Werner Heisenberg trying to tell Niels Bohr during his visit to Copenhagen in 1941, and what did he want from Bohr?
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The German Uranium Project

Hans A. Bethe
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The Farm Hall tapes show that Werner Heisenberg did not know how to calculate the critical mass in 1945, indicating that he did not work on atomic bombs during the war.
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Werner Heisenberg and Albert Einstein

Gerald Holton
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Albert Einstein was the early model and inspiration for Heisenberg, but scientific conflicts and political stresses marred their relationship.
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Physics Update

Philip F. Schewe and Stephen G. Benka
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The Contemplation of Quantum Computation

N. David Mermin
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Who Ordered Theorists?

Harry J. Lipkin
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Copenhagen—Roles in Quantum Mechanics

Gustav Born and Alvin M. Weinberg
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Texans Triumph At Guess My Number

Bob Knauer, Andrew Steane, and Wim van Dam
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Digital TV: Artificial Obsolescence?

William C. Meecham and Louis Bloomfield
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Calculating buckyballs and nanotubes

John J. Gilman, Luciano Pietronero, and Jerzy Bernholc
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Corrections

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Balloon Measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background Strongly Favor a Flat Cosmos

Bertram Schwarzschild
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The power spectrum of the microwave background's tiny point‐to‐point temperature fluctuations is a superb probe of cosmic curvature.
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An Atom is Trapped by the Field of Just One Photon

Barbara Goss Levi
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The field of a single photon can not only trap atoms but also signal its position.
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Our Knowledge of G Gets Worse, Then Better

Bertram Schwarzschild
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ACA Celebrates its 50th Anniversary this Month

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In the Shadow of the Bomb: Bethe, Oppenheimer, and the Moral Responsibility of the Scientist

Silvan S. Schweber and Sidney D. Drell, Reviewer
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Physics with Tau Leptons

Achim Stahl and Martin L. Perl, Reviewer
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Black Hole Physics: Basic Concepts and New Developments

Valeri P. Frolov, Igor D. Novikov, and James A. Isenberg, Reviewer
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ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer

Scott McCartney, J. Ross Macdonald, Reviewer, and Harvey G. Cragon, Reviewer
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Polymers at Surfaces and Interfaces

Richard A. L. Jones, Randal W. Richards, and Murugappan Muthukumar, Reviewer
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Their Day in the Sun: Women of the Manhattan Project

Ruth H. Howes, Caroline L. Herzenberg, and Benjamin C. Zulueta, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Vacuum Technology

Lawrence G. Rubin
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National Academy Adds New Members

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In Brief

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Fredrik Zachariasen

Marshall Baker, James S. Ball, and Marvin Goldberger
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James Edward Zimmerman

Richard L. Kautz and Donald B. Sullivan
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Thaddeus Francis Kycia

Kelvin Li, Laurence Littenberg, and Roy Rubinstein
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Michael Danos

Evans Hayward and Joseph W. Motz
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Astronomers Envision New Observing Instruments in Next Decade to Focus on Farthest Reaches

Irwin Goodwin
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Washington Ins & Outs Rosenfeld, Creedon and Kelly Advance

Irwin Goodwin
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Argo Begins Systematic Global Probing of the Upper Oceans

Toni Feder
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An ‘A’ for UK Physics

Toni Feder
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String Theorist Wins Premier Book Prize

Paul Guinnessy
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Physics Lags in Attracting Women

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In Brief

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Web Watch

Charles Day
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