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April 2005

Volume 58, Issue 4

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The Accelerating Expansion of the Universe

John Updike
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It is not true that developments in physics go ignored by professional humanists or by the common man. The basic facts get to us all and frame the way we think and even, in this instance of the fictional Martin Fairweather, feel. The picture physics paints of the material universe is arresting enough to make the newspapers but far from flattering to our individual identities. Astronomy is what we have now instead of theology: The terrors are less, but the comforts are nil.

High‐Temperature Cuprate Superconductors Get to Work

Alexis P. Malozemoff, Jochen Mannhart, and Douglas Scalapino
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Discovered two decades ago, these complex materials are poised to enter the commercial marketplace in a number of unanticipated applications.

Capturing the Wisdom of Feynman

Matthew Sands
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The sole survivor of the three authors who brought The Feynman Lectures on Physics to life describes how his hopes of introducing modern physics to undergraduate students were realized beyond his dreams.
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Physics Update

Stephen G. Benka and Phillip G. Schewe
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Exploring the Universe

Roger Blandford
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More Options Offered for Long‐Term Energy Solutions

Karo Michaelian, Brian A. Tinsley, Arthur Smith, Russell Seitz, James A. Van Vechten, Paul B. Weisz, and Albert A. Bartlett
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Proper Citation of the Matthew Effect

N. David Mermin
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CERN's Early History Revisited

Herwig Schopper, Sameen Ahmed Khan, and John Krige
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Albert Einstein to Paul Ehrenfest

Albert Einstein
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Reader Rights Polymer Prize Slip

Andrew J. Lovinger
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Correction

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Optically Pumped Silicon Lases in the Near‐Infrared

Mark Wilson
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Two groups exploit the Raman effect in silicon to shift the wavelength of incident light and amplify the scattered light in an optical cavity.

Crushing a Solution of Left‐Handed and Right‐Handed Crystals Breaks Its Chiral Symmetry

Charles Day
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A simple tabletop experiment could have profound implications for the origin of life.

First Experiment at National Ignition Facility Focuses on Hydrodynamics of Plasma Jets

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Supersonic jets generated by shock waves are common, on vastly different scales, to high‐energy astrophysics, inertial‐confinement‐fusion targets, and nuclear weapons.
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Lab Weds Brain Research and Physics

Toni Feder
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Magnets and modeling may help reveal secrets of brain development and disease.

Visas Extended for Students, Scientists

Jim Dawson
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Statue Hid Hipparchus Star Catalog

Paul Guinnessy
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Nobelist Garners Religion Prize

Toni Feder
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No Leaky Pipeline for Women in Physics, but Discrimination Persists

Toni Feder
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News Notes

Paul Guinnessy, Toni Feder, and Cheryl M. Harris
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Web Watch

Charles Day
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Special Report: War, Terrorism, and Growing Deficits Limit Bush FY 2006 R&D Budget; Civilian Science Funding Flat

Jim Dawson and Paul Guinnessy
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With the administration attempting to hold non‐security domestic spending flat across the board, R&D increases are limited primarily to homeland security and the president's Moon∕Mars initiative.
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CLEO∕QELS to Meet in Charm City

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Einstein Defiant: Genius Versus Genius in the Quantum Revolution

Edmund Blair Bolles and Gabriel Karl, Reviewer
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Einstein' Cosmos: How Albert Einstein's Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time

Michio Kaku and Gabriel Karl, Reviewer
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Volcanism

Hans‐Ulrich Schmincke and Stanley N. Williams, Reviewer
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Whole World on Fire: Organizations, Knowledge, and Nuclear Weapons Devastation

Lynn Eden and Peter Zimmerman, Reviewer
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Neutrino Physics

Kai Zuber and John G. Learned, Reviewer
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Giant Telescopes: Astronomical Ambition and the Promise of Technology

W. Patrick McCray and Harland W. Epps, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Materials

Lawrence G. Rubin
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L'Oréal and UNESCO Honor Five Women Physicists

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Capasso, Wilczek, and Zeilinger Share King Faisal Science Prize

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Nambu, Vail Receive Franklin Medals

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APS Presents Awards at April Meeting

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In Brief

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John Anthony Pople

Mark S. Gordon, Hyung J. Kim, and Mark A. Ratner
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Philip Hauge Abelson

John H. Gibbons
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Louis Brown

Julie Morris, Hans Rudolf Striebel, and Shaun Hardy
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Leslie Charles Hale

Earle Williams, John Mitchell, and Charles Croskey
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Bela Julesz

Ralph M. Siegel
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Rudolf Zinovievich Levitin

Antonina M. Kadomtseva, Alexander N. Vasiliev, Anatolii K. Zvezdin, Natalya M. Kreines, and Marina N. Popova
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Roy Middleton

Louis Brown, A. E. Litherland, Kenneth H. Purser, and Walter D. Wales
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William Craig Reynolds

Peter Bradshaw
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Hans Albrecht Bethe

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