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Experimental data on such studies as fission isomerism and structure in neutron‐induced fission cross sections show how the double‐hump fission barrier concept has returned fission to the mainstream of nuclear physics.

A look back at the experiment that established the wave nature of the electron, at the events that led up to the discovery, and at the principal investigators, Clinton Davisson and Lester Germer.

This year's joint meeting features sessions on earthquake prediction, Earth resources studies, the application of physics to the petroleum industry and the changing role of women in the scientific community.