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December 2003

Volume 56, Issue 12

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The Green of Green Functions

Lawrie Challis and Fred Sheard
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In 1828, an English miller from Nottingham published a mathematical essay that generated little response. George Green's analysis, however, has since found applications in areas ranging from classical electrostatics to modern quantum field theory.

Imaging Electron Flow

Mark A. Topinka, Robert M. Westervelt, and Eric J. Heller
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New scanning probe techniques provide fascinating glimpses into the detailed behavior of semiconductor devices in the quantum regime.
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Stern and Gerlach: How a Bad Cigar Helped Reorient Atomic Physics

Bretislav Friedrich and Dudley Herschbach
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The history of the Stern–Gerlach experiment reveals how persistence, accident, and luck can sometimes combine in just the right ways.
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Physics Update

Phil Schewe and Ben Stein
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Continuum Mechanics in Physics Education

Jerry Gollub
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Readers Elaborate on Fashion and Truth, Fact and Theory

Pantazis Mouroulis, Miguel Ferrero, Paul Roman, Thomas L. Clarke, D. J. Kaup, Randall Shumaker, Michael Riordan, Travis Norsen, and Peter A. Heimann
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Covering Condensed Matter Fundamentals

Philip L. Taylor, Olle Heinonen, and Piers Coleman
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A Physicist in Industry: One Reader's Experience

Arthur S. Jensen
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Nobel Prize in Physics Honors Theoretical Work on Superconductivity and Superfluidity

Barbara Goss Levi
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Each of the three recipients contributed in a different way to the understanding of frictionless flow, be it in a system of electrons or of helium‐3 atoms.

Lauterbur and Mansfield Awarded Nobel Medicine Prize for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Bertram Schwarzschild
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The laureates made seminal contributions to the evolution of nuclear magnetic resonance from a spectroscopists' tool to a powerful, noninvasiv technique for medical imaging.

Two Investigators of Pores in Cell Membranes Win Nobel Chemistry Prize

Charles Day
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Thanks to the pair's work, an atom‐level picture has emerged of how water molecules and potassium ions pass into and out of cells.
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Ambitious Earth Sciences Project Aims to Crack Mysteries of Continents

Toni Feder
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A major US investment in Earth sciences launches a multipronged program to probe the planet from crust to core.
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MIT Study Sees Nuclear Power as Green Weapon Against Global Warming

Jim Dawson
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Although the public doesn't yet view nuclear power as a way to mitigate global warming, an MIT study says a global tripling of nuclear power generation could avoid nearly 2 billion tonnes of carbon emissions annually.

Baja Site Vies to Host Telescopes

Toni Feder
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The jury is still out on San Pedro Mártir's becoming a major ground‐based astronomy site, but it's in the running thanks to its clear skies, proximity to the US, and other scientific and political virtues.

Antievolutionists Lose Critical Fight in Texas Textbook Decision

Jim Dawson
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Climate@home

Paul Guinnessy
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Nuclear Industry Creates World University

Paul Guinnessy
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Physics in the Life Sciences Is Focus of Industrial Physics Forum

Jim Dawson
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News Notes

, Paul Guinnessy, and Toni Feder
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Web Watch

Charles Day
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Tycho & Kepler: The Unlikely Partnership That Forever Changed Our Understanding of the Heavens

Kitty Ferguson and Gale E. Christianson, Reviewer
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Color Space and Its Divisions: Color Order From Antiquity to the Present

Rolf G. Kuehni and Michael H. Brill, Reviewer
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Magnetic Materials: Fundamentals and Device Applications

Nicola A. Spaldin and Neil D. Mathur, Reviewer
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Principles of Data Analysis

Prasenjit Saha and Harvey S. Leff, Reviewer
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Physics of Fractal Operators

Bruce J. West, Mauro Bologna, Paolo Grigolini, and Igor M. Sokolov, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Laboratory Equipment

Lawrence G. Rubin
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Five in Physics Are 2003 MacArthur Fellows

Laurel Vincenty
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Fermi Award Honors Three Individuals

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APS Acknowledges Achievements

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AAS Divisions Award Four Prizes

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Science Writers Recognized by AIP

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Muller Is to Lead SoR

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Bahcall Elected Vice President of APS

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In Brief

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Jean Brossel

Claude Cohen‐Tannoudji
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Earl Robert Callen

James Robert Cullen
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Ludwig Genzel

John W. Powell and Manuel Cardona
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Jesse Leonard Greenstein

George Wallerstein
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John Peter Hobson

Paul A. Redhead and Ernest V. Kornelsen
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Daniel Kivelson

Charles M. Knobler, Andrea J. Liu, and Robert L. Scott
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Robert R. Davis

Roberta Pliner
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John Robinson Pierce

Max Mathews
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