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Volume 59, Issue 10

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Select this Article		The Vis Viva Dispute: A Controversy at the Dawn of Dynamics George E. Smith


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Select this Article		Water in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells: Friend or Foe? Michael Eikerling, Alexei A. Kornyshev, and Anthony R. Kucernak


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Select this Article		The Man Behind Bose Statistics Kameshwar Wali


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REFERENCE FRAME

Select this Article FREE		Theory in Particle Physics: Theological Speculation Versus Practical Knowledge Burton Richter See Also: Erratum


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LETTERS

Select this Article FREE		Boundary layers, Prandtl's and others Alan J. Faller, Barry Klinger, Byron C. Sakiadis, and John D. Anderson, Jr.


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Select this Article FREE		Saving Our View of the Night Skies George C. Roberts, J. Craig Wheeler, and Kevin Marvel


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Select this Article FREE		Safer Vehicles by Redesign Romuald Anthony, Ian Halliday, Marc Ross, Deena Patel, and Tom Wenzel


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Select this Article FREE		Early Geodynamo Work Henry H. Kolm, Friedwardt Winterberg, and Daniel Lathrop


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Select this Article FREE		RHIC's Future Looks Bright Sam Aronson


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Select this Article FREE		Correction


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SEARCH AND DISCOVERY

Select this Article		White Dwarf is Caught Hurling its Outer Layers at its Red Giant Companion Charles Day


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Select this Article		Good Music Unfolds in Small Steps Steven K. Blau


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Select this Article		Tectonic‐plate Flexure May Explain Newly Found Volcanoes Mark Wilson


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Select this Article		Physics Update Stephen G. Benka, Phillip F. Schewe, and Benjamin P. Stein


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ISSUES AND EVENTS

Select this Article		Boehlert Brought Science to the Forefront on Capitol Hill Jim Dawson


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Select this Article FREE		TV Series Gives Teens Hands‐on Experience with Machines Karen H. Kaplan


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Select this Article		NASA Science Advisers Dismissed When Philosophies Clash Jim Dawson


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Select this Article		News Notes Jim Dawson


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Select this Article		Web Watch Charles Day


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BOOKS

Select this Article		The Jasons: The Secret History of Science's Postwar Elite Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Smart Electronic Materials: Fundamentals and Applications Jasprit Singh and Siegfried Bauer, Reviewer


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Select this Article		J. Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Abraham Pais and Laurie M. Brown, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Fundamentals of Solar Astronomy Arvind Bhatnagar, William Livingston, and Gordon D. Holman, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Physics Demonstrations: A Sourcebook for Teachers of Physics Julien Clinton Sprott and Richard E. Berg, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Quantum Theory of the Electron Liquid Gabriele F. Giuliani, Giovanni Vignale, and Erio Tosatti, Reviewer


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Select this Article FREE		New Books


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NEW PRODUCTS

Select this Article FREE		Focus on Photonics and Imaging Lawrence G. Rubin


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WE HEAR THAT

Select this Article		AVS Awards to be Handed Out


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Select this Article		COBE Leader and Team Share Cosmology Prize


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Select this Article		In Brief


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OBITUARIES

Select this Article FREE		Raymond Davis Jr Kenneth Lande


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Select this Article FREE		George West Wetherill Richard W. Carlson, John E. Chambers, and Sean C. Solomon


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QUICK STUDY

Select this Article		Manipulating the Flow of Light with Photonic Crystals Peter Vukusic


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BACK SCATTER

Select this Article		High‐Friction Microfibers


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