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April 2006

Volume 59, Issue 4

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Lessons from Hydrodynamic Turbulence

Gregory Falkovich and Katepalli R. Sreenivasan
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Turbulent flows, with their irregular behavior, confound any simple attempts to understand them. But physicists have succeeded in identifying some universal properties of turbulence and relating them to broken symmetries.

Erskine Williamson, Extreme Conditions, and the Birth of Mineral Physics

Russell J. Hemley
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A series of papers published between 1916 and 1923 broke new ground in materials research and laid the foundation for modern studies of planetary interiors.

Albert Einstein in Leiden

Dirk van Delft
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During World War I, this university town in neutral Holland was, for Einstein, a respite from the abhorrent chauvinism of German academia. Leiden was also the home of his father figure Hendrik Lorentz and of his dear and tragic friend Paul Ehrenfest.
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Physics Update

Stephen G. Benka and Phillip F. Schewe
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The Value of Einstein's Mistakes

Alfred Scharff Goldhaber, Tom Cornsweet, Hans C. Ohanian, Ravi Gomatam, Ron Larson, Brian C. Hall, Roger G. Newton, Bob Eisenberg, Robert E. Becker, and Steven Weinberg
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Unintended Impact of Author Impact Factor

James F. Scott and Loc Vu‐Quoc
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Evidence of Exotic Trimers Sought and Found in Ultracold Gas of Cesium Atoms

Charles Day
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Long‐predicted three‐atom states form fleetingly when an external magnetic field is tuned to the right resonance.
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Acoustic‐Waveguide Sonar Finds Enormous Fish Shoals

Mark Wilson
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Overfishing has devastated the oceans' stock of fish. Backscattered echoes of low‐frequency signals may provide an accurate census of that stock.

Gravitational Microlensing Reveals the Lightest Exoplanet Yet Found

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Earth‐like planets halfway across the galaxy can disclose themselves by bending light from background stars.

Is there a Slowing in the Atlantic Ocean's Overturning Circulation?

Barbara Goss Levi
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A shift in the pattern of ocean currents might signal a long‐term trend, or it might simply reflect large, natural fluctuations.
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Astronomer Unearths Evidence of Scientific Tradition in Africa

Toni Feder
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Thebe Medupe, a rising star in South Africa's astronomy community, hopes his work will attract other young blacks into science and technology.

To Redefine Kilogram, Experiments Must Weigh In

Toni Feder
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Once a discrepancy between experiments disappears, the definitions of the kilogram and three other units will be updated to keep pace with scientific measurement capabilities.

Sound Research Aids the Deaf

Paul Guinnessy
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Bodman Offers Hydrogen Road Map

Jim Dawson
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News Notes

Toni Feder and Jim Dawson
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Web Watch

Charles Day
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Special Report: Bush Budget Boosts Funding for Physical Sciences in FY 2007; NSF, DOE, and NIST Would All Do Well

Jim Dawson and Paul Guinnessy
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Years of relatively flat or declining funding for many of the physical sciences are being reversed in the administration's budget proposal, but the continuing high cost of the war in Iraq, the war on terrorism, and the growing deficit mean the boon for the physical sciences is not new money but funds being transferred from other science programs.
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A Scientific Point of View

Evalyn Gates
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When Physics Became King

Iwan Rhys Morus and Robert M. Brain, Reviewer
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A Modern Introduction to Quantum Field Theory

Michele Maggiore and Jacques Distler, Reviewer
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Death Rays, Jet Packs, Stunts and Supercars: The Fantastic Physics of Film's Most Celebrated Secret Agent and The Physics of Superheroes

Barry Parker, James Kakalios, and Richard Muller, Reviewer
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Sculptured Thin Films: Nanoengineered Morphology and Optics

Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Russell Messier, and Dilip K. Paul, Reviewer
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China and Albert Einstein: The Reception of the Physicist and His Theory in China 1917–1979

Danian Hu Harvard and Kenji Ito, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Materials

Lawrence G. Rubin
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American Astronomical Society Names New Executive Officer

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Shinn Is New AVS President‐Elect

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Kraynik Elected SoR President

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AAS Hands Out Eight Awards; Seven Win Division Prizes

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AGU Selects Winners of Three Journalism Awards

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National Academy of Engineering Names New Inductees

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NAS Honors Contributors to Science

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In Brief

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Joseph Rotblat

Francesco Calogero and Robert Hinde
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Morris Cohen

Edwin L. Thomas and Greg B. Olson
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George Hsing Kwei

Dudley R. Herschbach and James L. Kinsey
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Anatoly Ivanovich Larkin

Konstantin B. Efetov, David E. Khmelnitskii, Yuri N. Ovchinnikov, and Paul B. Wiegmann
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