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Volume 30, Issue 8
August 1977
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ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699

Letters

Data on effectiveness of poster sessions
Michael R. Chial; Hugo F. Bezdek
Physics Today 30 (8), 9–11 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037657
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Recognition for teaching
M. A. Ijaz
Physics Today 30 (8), 11–13 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037658
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No unpublished references
K. P. Pande
Physics Today 30 (8), 13 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037659
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A principle for managers
Frederick Rothwarf; Arthur Tauber
Physics Today 30 (8), 13–15 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037660
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Presidential postscripts
William A. Fowler; James A. Weinman
Physics Today 30 (8), 15–66 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037661
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Author's revision
George L. Trigg
Physics Today 30 (8), 66 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037687
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H. G. Wells foresees isotopes
William Squire
Physics Today 30 (8), 66 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037688
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Corrections
R. Ned Landon; Tom Elioff
Physics Today 30 (8), 66 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3043353
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Search and Discovery

Space vehicles could be propelled by remote lasers
Gloria B. Lubkin
Physics Today 30 (8), 17–20 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037662
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Sandia and Kurchatov groups claim electron‐beam fusion
Gloria B. Lubkin
Physics Today 30 (8), 17–19 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037663
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Electron storage ring from Cornell synchrotron?
Marian S. Rothenberg
Physics Today 30 (8), 20 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037664
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Articles

Legislating the Nation's science business
The Honorable Mike McCormack
Physics Today 30 (8), 23–26 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037665

The scientific and technical information vital to lawmaking is only partly supplied by personnel within Congress and its affiliated offices, leaving a need for input from the scientific community.

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What physicists can do in Washington
William A. Nierenberg
Physics Today 30 (8), 28–35 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037666

Following their increasing involvement in government affairs since World War I, both on the domestic and international scenes, what will scientists' role be in the future?

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Four years of Congressional Science Fellows
Richard A. Scribner; Mary L. Shoaf
Physics Today 30 (8), 36–40 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037667

At the end of this year, 50 science and engineering Fellows will have participated in the program, which is leaving its mark on the Congress, the sponsors and the individuals involved—many of whom are physicists.

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Helping shape legislative policy
Allan Hoffman; Thomas Moss; Haven Whiteside
Physics Today 30 (8), 42–48 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037668

The 1974–75 APS Congressional Fellows offer an inside glimpse into the intricate, sometimes frustrating process in which they participated—formulating US energy policy and transforming it into law.

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Books

In at the Beginnings: A Physicist's Life
P. M. Morse; Herman Feshbach
Physics Today 30 (8), 51–53 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037669
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Solid State Diffusion
J. P. Stark; Steven J. Rothman
Physics Today 30 (8), 53–54 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037670
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The Cosmic Frontiers of General Relativity
W. J. Kaufmann, III; Wolfgang Rindler
Physics Today 30 (8), 54–55 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037671
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Spectra of Finite Systems
H. P. Baltes; E. R. Hilf; John L. Challifour
Physics Today 30 (8), 55–56 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037672
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Remote Sensing of Environment
J. Lintz, Jr.; D. S. Simonett; Fred C. Billingsley
Physics Today 30 (8), 56 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037673
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Medicine and Clinical Engineering
B. Jacobson; J. G. Webster; John Hale
Physics Today 30 (8), 56–57 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037674
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Fourier Transform NMR Techniques: A Practical Approach and Fourier Transform N.M.R. Spectroscopy
K. Müllen; P. S. Pregosin; D. Shaw; James W. Cooper
Physics Today 30 (8), 57–58 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037675
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Book Notes
Floyd C. Bennett; John T. Scott
Physics Today 30 (8), 58 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037676
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New Books
Physics Today 30 (8), 58–59 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037677
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State and Society

Report finds US academic research base is endangered
Floyd C. Bennett
Physics Today 30 (8), 61–64 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037678
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Physicist describes oppression of Argentine scientists
Floyd C. Bennett
Physics Today 30 (8), 61–62 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037679
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NSF weighs options for neutron lab
Floyd C. Bennett
Physics Today 30 (8), 64 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037685
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Golden is site for SERI headquarters
Bruce C. Carr
Physics Today 30 (8), 64 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037686
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Physics Community

Corporate heads suggest changes in graduate programs
Physics Today 30 (8), 63 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037680
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New AIP prize will reward work done in industry
Physics Today 30 (8), 63 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037681
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NAS committee lends aid to dissident scientists
Physics Today 30 (8), 63 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037682
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Undergraduate students hold conference in Austin
Physics Today 30 (8), 63 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037683
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In Brief
Physics Today 30 (8), 63 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037684
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APS News

Nominating Committee offers election slate for 1978
Physics Today 30 (8), 67 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037690
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Society releases report on nuclear‐fuel cycles
Physics Today 30 (8), 67 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037691
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We Hear That

NSF chooses Schopf as second Waterman Award recipient
Physics Today 30 (8), 69 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037692
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Goldman and Spear win European physics prizes
Physics Today 30 (8), 69–70 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037693
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Obituaries

Erwin W. Mueller
T. T. Tsong
Physics Today 30 (8), 70–71 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037694
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Crispin Calvo
Physics Today 30 (8), 71 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037695
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New Products

New Products
Physics Today 30 (8), 73–75 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037696
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Editorial

Physicists in Washington
Frank Press
Physics Today 30 (8), 80 (1977); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037697
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