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Select this Article		Quantum Cascade Lasers Federico Capasso, Claire Gmachl, Deborah L. Sivco, and Alfred Y. Cho

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Select this Article		Relativity and the Global Positioning System Neil Ashby

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Select this Article FREE		Advanced Physics in the High Schools Jerry P. Gollub and Robin Spital

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PHYSICS UPDATE

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

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REFERENCE FRAME

Select this Article		Singular Limits Michael Berry See Also: Erratum

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LETTERS

Select this Article FREE		Einstein, Picasso, and Cubism: ‘Seeing’ the Fourth Dimension Charles Zigmund, Richard H. Tourin, and Stephen G. Brush

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Select this Article FREE		Acoustic Surgery Devices in Clinical Trials Kirby G. Vosburgh, Narendra T. Sanghvi, and Gail ter Haar

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Select this Article FREE		Bell Labs Had Role in EDFA Development Emmanuel Desurvire

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Select this Article FREE		More Heat Over Greenhouse Gases Benjamin M. Herman, Xubin Zeng, Tom Chase, and Roger Pielke, Sr

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Select this Article FREE		Notes on Alpher, Herman, and Moore Kurt E. Shuler

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Select this Article FREE		Corrections

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SEARCH AND DISCOVERY

Select this Article		Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spotlights Atomic Actors in Enzyme Dynamics Charles Day

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Select this Article FREE		Recent Nearby Supernovae May Have Left Their Marks on Earth Bertram Schwarzschild

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	+ -	Show Topic A close encounter with a supernova two million years ago might be responsible for a widespread extinction of mollusks.

Select this Article		Quantum Point Contact Mysteries Reexamined Richard Fitzgerald

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ISSUES AND EVENTS

Select this Article FREE		Women, and Some Men, Ask Why Women Don't Flock to Physics Toni Feder

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Select this Article		Orbach Brings Enthusiasm for Research and Desire for Increased Funding to Office of Science Jim Dawson

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Select this Article		Visionaries Gather to Honor John Wheeler Stephen G. Benka

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Select this Article		Polkinghorne Pockets Religion Prize Toni Feder

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Select this Article		JASON Courts New Sponsor after DARPA Cancels Contract Jim Dawson

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Select this Article		CERN Outlines Plan to Pay for LHC Toni Feder

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Select this Article		Creationists Have Designs on Ohio Jim Dawson

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Select this Article		News Notes Toni Feder, Paul Guinnessy, Anthony Tweed, and Judith Barker

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Select this Article		Web Watch Charles Day

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MEETINGS

Select this Article		Long Beach Host CLEO∕QELS Judy Barker

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Select this Article		Crystallographers Meet in San Antonio Judy Barker

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BOOKS

Select this Article		A Quest for Perspectives: Selected Works of S. Chandrasekhar (With Commentary) Kameshwar C. Wali and William H. Press, Reviewer

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Select this Article		Electricity and Magnetism in Biological Systems D. T. Edmonds and Robert K. Adair, Reviewer

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Select this Article		Nuclear Reactor Physics Weston M. Stacey and Noel Corngold, Reviewer

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Select this Article		Low Temperature Electronics: Physics, Devices, Circuits, and Applications Edmundo A. Gutiérrez‐D., M. Jamal Deen, Cor L. Claeys, and Lawrence G. Rubin, Reviewer

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Select this Article		Wavelets: Tools for Science and Technology Stéphane Jaffard, Yves Meyer, Robert D. Ryan, David L. Donoho, Reviewer, and Paul L. Donoho, Reviewer

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Select this Article		A First Course in Wavelets with Fourier Analysis Albert Boggess, Francis J. Narcowich, David L. Donoho, Reviewer, and Paul L. Donoho, Reviewer

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Select this Article		Theoretical Astrophysics—Volume I: Astrophysical Processes and Volume II: Stars and Stellar Systems T. Padmanabhan and Ira M. Wasserman, Reviewer

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Select this Article		New Books

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NEW PRODUCTS

Select this Article		Focus on Lasers and Optics Lawrence G. Rubin

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WE HEAR THAT

Select this Article		McKenzie Wins Crafoord Prize

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Select this Article		German Society Bestows Awards

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Select this Article		AAAS Honors Scientific Achievement

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Select this Article		AAS Elects New Vice President

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Select this Article		In Brief

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OBITUARIES

Select this Article FREE		Edward Raymond Andrew Richard W. Briggs

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Select this Article FREE		Arthur Falnes Davidsen Paul D. Feldman, William P. Blair, and Bruce Margon

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Select this Article FREE		Bruce Sween Liley Robert L. Dewar, Ian Hutchinson, R. S. “Bas” Pease, and Alan Ware

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Select this Article FREE		Timothy Edward Toohig James R. Sanford, Rich Orr, and Edwin L. Goldwasser

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Select this Article FREE		Charles William Van Atta Carl H. Gibson, Paul A. Libby, and Sutanu Sarkar

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