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January 2002

Volume 55, Issue 1

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Preserving the Heritage of Discovery

Spencer Weart
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In the 40 years since its creation, the Niels Bohr Library has become the world center for preserving the historical record of modern physics and allied fields, and for helping people show this record to the public.

Putting Free‐Electron Lasers to Work

William B. Colson, Erik D. Johnson, Michael J. Kelley, and H. Alan Schwettman
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By making a relativistic electron beam wiggle its way through an array of magnets, one can generate intense coherent light with wavelengths tunable from centimeters to angstroms.

New Themes and Audiences for the Physics of Music

George N. Gibson and Ian D. Johnston
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Music offers a powerful yet accessible context for introducing the techniques and principles of the scientific method.
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Physics Update

Philip F. Schewe, James R. Riordan, and Bertram Schwarzchild
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Professional Development Is One Part of Science Education Solution

Roger G. Tobin, Ramon E. Lopez, Ted Schultz, and Steven Bittenson
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Physical Truth Without the Relatives

Douglas Keil
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Theory, Experiment, and Shelter Island

Felix T. Smith
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Correction

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Experiment and Theory Combine to Probe the Quantum Chemistry of Molecular Beams

Charles Day
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Just as golfers gauge the slope of a green before holing a putt, chemists seeking to predict a reaction's outcome need to know the potential energy between reactants.

Electron Diffraction by Light, Envisioned 70 Years Ago, Is Observed at Last

Steven K. Blau
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A fundamental quantum effect involving the feeble interaction of light with free electrons requires intense lasers for its experimental realization. But that's just part of the story.

Gamble Pays Off at the Advanced Light Source

Barbara Goss Levi
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National Labs Focus on Tools against Terrorism in Wake of Airliner and Anthrax Attacks

Jim Dawson
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A sophisticated array of devices to detect the potential weapons of terrorism—chemical and biological agents, radioactive material, and explosives—are being developed by scientists working long hours to try to prevent future attacks.
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Accident Cripples Super‐Kamiokande Neutrino Observatory

Toni Feder
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Twenty‐Year Plan for US High‐Energy Physics

Bertram Schwarzschild
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O'Keefe Is New NASA Chief

Paul Guinnessy
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Neureiter Brings Science and Fellowships to State Department

Jim Dawson
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Leemann Leads Jefferson Lab

Toni Feder
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Caltech Gets More from Moore

Toni Feder
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Climate Talks Reach New Milestone

Paul Guinnessy
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News Notes

Toni Feder, Anthony Tweed, and Paul Guinnessy
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Web Watch

Charles Day
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Genesis of the Big Bang

Ralph A. Alpher, Robert Herman, and Martin O. Harwit, Reviewer
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Introduction to the Replica Theory of Disordered Statistical Systems

Viktor Dotsenko and Daniel L. Stein, Reviewer
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Science, Money, and Politics: Political Triumph and Ethical Erosion

Daniel S. Greenberg and Norman Metzger, Reviewer
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Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics

Gerald Jay Sussman, Jack Wisdom, M. E. Mayer, and Scott Tremaine, Reviewer
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An Introduction to Magneto‐hydrodynamics

Peter A. Davidson and Stanley A. Berger, Reviewer
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Symmetry in Mechanics: A Gentle, Modern Introduction

Stephanie Frank Singer and J. R. Dorfman, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Data Acquisition

Lawrence G. Rubin
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MacArthur Fellows Announced

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Achievements in Geophysics Honored

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OSA Awards Given at Fall Meeting

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AVS Taps Bonnell as New President‐Elect

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OSA Vice President Elected for 2002

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In Brief

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Nathan Isgur

John Domingo and Gabriel Karl
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Michael John Murtagh

Howard A. Gordon, Thomas B. W. Kirk, and Nicholas P. Samios
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Richard Day Deslattes

Ernest Kessler and Bernd Crasemann
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William Wilson Mullins

Robert Sekerka and Harold Paxton
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William Thomas ‘Tom’ Pinkston

Joseph H. Hamilton, Wendell G. Holladay, and Medford S. Webster
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Sidney Siegel

Alvin M. Weinberg
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