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March 2001

Volume 54, Issue 3

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Adjusting the Values of the Fundamental Constants

Peter J. Mohr and Barry N. Taylor
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The best values of the fundamental constants can rarely be determined by a direct measurement. Instead, they are usually found at the end of a chain of experimental observations and theoretical relationships.
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Time Measurement at the Millennium

James C. Bergquist, Steven R. Jefferts, and David J. Wineland
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The latest clocks use a single ion to measure time with an anticipated precision of one part in 1018.
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Joseph Loschmidt, Physicist and Chemist

Alfred Bader and Leonard Parker
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When atoms and molecules were still quite hypothetical, Loschmidt used kinetic theory to get the first reasonable estimate of molecular size.
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Physics Update

James R. Riordan, Stephen G. Benka, Benjamin P. Stein, and Philip F. Schewe
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On the Matter of the Meter

Daniel Kleppner
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Diffusion Waves and Their Uses

Anthony B. Davis, Michael G. Trefry, Noel Corngold, and Andreas Mandelis
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Szilard's Inventions Patently Halted

Gene Dannen
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Elegance in Crystal Symmetry

Ted Janssen and N. David Mermin
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Authors Amend Article on Strontium Ruthenate

Yoshiteru Maeno, Manfred Sigrist, and T. Maurice Rice
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Correction

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Researchers Stop, Store, and Retrieve Photons—or at Least the Information They Carry

Barbara Goss Levi
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How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand? Two research groups at Harvard have found the answer.
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Ultrafast X‐ray Diffraction Tracks Molecular Shape‐Shifting

Charles Day
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The molecular workings of photosynthesis, vision, and other light‐driven processes can now be studied on the time scales on which they occur.
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Lane Leaves White House for Rice University

Jim Dawson
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Federal science spending is on an upward trajectory and should track overall economic growth, Lane says.
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Electron Holography Lab Pushes Resolution Limit

Toni Feder
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By minimizing electromagnetic, mechanical, and other disturbances, physicists in Dresden, Germany, aim to perfect electron holography and popularize its use in semiconductor, superconductor, and other materials studies.
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Iridium Satellites Kept Aloft, Piggyback Magnetic Measurements Continue

Toni Feder
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Spy Station Retooled into Astronomy Institute

Lynley Hargreaves
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News Notes

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Web Watch

Charles Day
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The Road since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970‐1993, with an Autobiographical Interview

Thomas S. Kuhn and Kenneth G. Wilson, Reviewer
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Thomas Kuhn: A Philosophical History for Our Times

Steve Fuller and Kenneth G. Wilson, Reviewer
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The Physics of Foams

Denis Weaire, Stefan Hutzler, and Pierre‐Gilles de Gennes, Reviewer
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An Introduction to Chaos in Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics

Jay R. Dorfman and Giovanni Gallavotti, Reviewer
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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry

Mark A. Ratner, George C. Schatz, Holger F. Bettinger, Reviewer, and Gustavo E. Scuseria, Reviewer
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Methods of X‐Ray and Neutron Scattering in Polymer Science

Ryong‐Joon Roe and Charles J. Glinka, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Test and Measurement

Lawrence G. Rubin
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International Science Prize Goes to Two

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Gemant Award Bestowed on Trefil

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Leal and Others Receive SOR Prizes

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OSA Announces Engineering Excellence Awards

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Carter Will Lead ACA in 2002

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In Brief

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Herbert Friedman

Herbert Gursky
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Louis Goldstein

Edward R. Grilly, William E. Keller, and Edward F. Hammel


See Also: Erratum

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Lawrence Marvin Langer

Guy T. Emery, Joseph H. Hamilton, Andrew D. Bacher, and Dan W. Miller
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