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AUG 01, 1997

Volume 50, Issue 8

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Physics Update
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Earth’s Upper Mantle: How Low Can It Flow?
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Quantum State Reconstruction of Squeezed Light
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Accelerator Magnet with Brittle Superconductor Sets a Record
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Question of Government Leadership in Science Policy Is Answered, Surprisingly, by Wisconsin Congressman
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Peña Breaks Ground at Livermore Laser‐Fusion Facility But Construction Awaits Federal Court Ruling on Project
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Washington Dispatches
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National Research Council Studies Operate Under New Openness Rules
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With New Governments in Power, Changes in Science Policy Are Expected in France, and Hoped for in the UK
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CERN Plans to Reduce Costs through Voluntary Pay Cuts
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Bell Labs Names Murray to Head Physical Research Lab
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Goldston Is Named Director of PPPL
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Sagan on Mars
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Postgraduation Plans of the Class of 1996
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In Brief
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Web Watch
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Fermi Award Given for Work in Nuclear Energy
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AGU Presents Awards in Baltimore
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Astrophysicists Selected to Receive 1997 Crafoord Prize
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APS Prizes Given at Summer Meetings
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In Brief
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Opinion

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A Beginner’s Guide to the Atom Laser
AUG 01, 1997

Features

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Geophysical Dynamics at the Center of the Earth
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How Nature Harvests Sunlight
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Temperature Scales Below 1 Kelvin
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Concert and Opera Halls: How They Sound
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The Peenemünde Wind Tunnels: A Memoir
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Naked to the Bone: Medical Imaging in the Twentieth Century
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Before Big Science: The Pursuit of Modern Chemistry and Physics, 1800–1940
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Superconductivity of Metals and Cuprates
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The Origin of the Concept of Nuclear Forces
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New Books
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Products

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Focus on Software
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Obituaries

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Abdus Salam
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Edward Mills Purcell
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Robert Herman
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Henry Margenau
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Jean Weil Gallagher
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Rolf Wideröe
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Letters

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Theory Is Tied in Nots, but Strings May Have ‘Signatures’
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Author‐to‐Author Contact Simplifies AIP Figure Reprint Policy
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New Elements Could Be Better Identified: Namely by Number
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Science Arms Us with Facts, Sometimes Is Disarmed by Authority
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NSF Review Process Should Be Revamped, Not Taken for Granted
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DOE Clarifies Budget Plans for High‐Energy and Nuclear Physics
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Luminescence from Porous Silicon: Mechanism Debated
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Fixing CIA’s Corona Camera Cleared Up Film, Fogged History
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New Results Are Right on the Quantum Dot
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Call for Emission Limits Heats Debate on Global Warming
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Need for Unity in Physics Prompts Call for Changes in PT
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Fundamental Law of Problems Is Traced to TV Reporter
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Corrections
AUG 01, 1997