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June 2006

Volume 59, Issue 6

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The American Institute of Physics: 75 Years of Service

Marc H. Brodsky and Mildred S. Dresselhaus
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Trend‐spotting: Physics in 1931 and Today

Spencer Weart
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A lot has changed in the past 75 years. Can those changes help us guess where physics will be 75 years from now?
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Science and Government

John H. Marburger, III
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Science policy depends on the state of science itself, which evolves in response to new instrumentation, theoretical methods, and analytical tools. The growth of science and the course of science policy are undeniably progressive.
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Diversity in Physics

Shirley M. Malcom
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The underrepresentation of women and minorities among recipients of physics degrees is a manifestation of systemic educational problems. Corrective measures must begin in the primary grades and continue through university schooling and beyond.

Looking Back and Ahead at Condensed Matter Physics

Marvin L. Cohen
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What began as independent and disparate specialties has matured into a unified field whose remarkable diversity has influenced the development of many others, including quantum physics and chemistry, computer science, and engineering.

Is String Theory Phenomenologically Viable?

S. James Gates, Jr
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String theory is entering an era in which its theoretical constructs will be confronted by experimental data. Some cherished ideas just might fail to pass the test.

Photon Science and Quantum Control

Philip H. Bucksbaum
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Recent advances in laser technology have hastened developments in other fields–precision measurement, atomic cooling, gravitational‐wave sensing, quantum computing, cryptography, and many more. Like the laser itself, those fields may transform society.
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The March of Change

Stephen G. Benka
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Expanding the Record on Einstein and Peer Review

Martin Blume and Robert K. Adair


See Also: Erratum | Erratum

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On the Merits of Mathematical Models

Allan Walstad
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One Thing Einstein Didn't Do in 1905

Jeremy Bernstein
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Proper Performance Prediction for ITER

Robert J. Goldston, Richard D. Hazeltine, and David Montgomery
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Wilczek Responds on Absolute Units

Frank Wilczek
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Correction

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Phase‐locked Femtosecond Laser Directs the Outcome of a Simple Chemical Reaction

Charles Day
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The up‐down pattern of the electric field within intense optical pulses breaks the left‐right symmetry of diatomic dissociation.

Colloidal Particles Crystallize in an Increasingly Wide Range of Structures

Charles Day
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Two groups working in different size regimes have found similar recipes for making new and potentially useful materials.

Drops of Liquid Exhibit Surprising Self‐propulsion on Ratcheted Surfaces

Bertram Schwarzchild
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Cooks use the Leidenfrost effect to see when skillets are hot enough. Some day it may serve to keep microprocessor arrays cool.

Physics Update

Stephen G. Benka, Richard J. Fitzgerald, and Phillip F. Schewe
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Canada Accelerates Heavier Isotopes to Higher Energies

Toni Feder
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A Canadian accelerator's newly gained supremacy in some regimes of radioactive beams may last longer than expected because of setbacks to the Rare Isotope Accelerator planned in the US.

First Optical Telescope Dedicated to SETI Begins Operation

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Atlas Shrugged off at Nevada Test Site

Toni Feder
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Report Urges Major Effort to Site Collider in US

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Soccer Obeys Bessel‐function Statistics

Toni Feder
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Politicians Skeptical about Need for ARPA‐E

Jim Dawson
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Korea Sends Laughlin Packing

Toni Feder
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News Notes

Jim Dawson and Toni Feder
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Web Watch

Charles Day
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The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design

Leonard Susskind and Paul Langacker, Reviewer
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It's About Time: Understanding Einstein's Relativity

N. David Mermin and Nigel Dowrick, Reviewer
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Fundamentals in Nuclear Physics: From Nuclear Structure to Cosmology

Jean‐Louis Basdevant, James Rich, Michel Spiro, and A. Baha Balantekin, Reviewer
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Theaters of Time and Space: American Planetaria, 1930–1970

Jordan D. Marché, II and Robert W. Smith, Reviewer
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Kristian Birkeland: The First Space Scientist

Alv Egeland, William J. Burke, and Hans C. Stenbaek‐Nielsen, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Sensors

Lawrence G. Rubin
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Gilman Honored for Solar Research

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NAS Elects New Members

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In Brief

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Darwin Chang

Hai‐Yang Cheng, George W. S. Hou, Wai‐Yee Keung, and Lincoln Wolfenstein
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Vladimir Konstantinovich Chernyshev

Irvin R. Lindemuth, Vladislav N. Mokhov, and Robert E. Reinovsky
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Edward Forbes Greene

Peder Estrup, Peter Toennies, and Peter Weber
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What Makes for Smooth, Creamy Chocolate?

Erich J. Windhab
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Atmospheric Gravity Waves

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