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Volume 36, Issue 7
July 1983
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ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699

Guest Comment

Science and labor in the US, 1983
Samuel Devons
Physics Today 36 (7), 9–94 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915783
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Letters

Nuclear arms race
Carl H. Savit; Arthur A. Broyles; D. J. Hanrahan; Robert H. Kantor; Donald A. Reago, Jr; L. Holland; Victor F. Weisskopf
Physics Today 36 (7), 11–95 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915735
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Award deserved
David Sayre
Physics Today 36 (7), 96 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915779
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Hefty heaves at weighty words
Francis E. Throw
Physics Today 36 (7), 96–98 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915780
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Superconducting electronics
Aleksander I. Braginski
Physics Today 36 (7), 98 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915781
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Pseudo‐QCD
Chih Kwan Chen
Physics Today 36 (7), 98–100 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915782
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Creationism once more
Ronnie J. Hastings; Robert W. Brehme
Physics Today 36 (7), 100 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915727
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List of refusniks
Henry Blumenfeld
Physics Today 36 (7), 100–102 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915728
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Nuclear arsenals
Robert I. Hildebrand; Barbara G. Levi
Physics Today 36 (7), 102 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915729
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Graduate‐school announcements
William Hesse
Physics Today 36 (7), 102 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915730
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Classical orbits in OM?
Laurence G. Taff
Physics Today 36 (7), 102 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915731
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Public image
Bryan H. Suits
Physics Today 36 (7), 102 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915732
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Scientists in defense work
Abraham Szöke; Abraham Goldberg
Physics Today 36 (7), 102 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915733
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Schramm's grad student
Betsy Ancker‐Johnson
Physics Today 36 (7), 102 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915734
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Search and Discovery

Random magnetic fields reduce critical dimensionality
Thomas von Foerster
Physics Today 36 (7), 17–19 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915737
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Fractional quantum Hall effect indicates novel quantum liquid
Bertram M. Schwarzschild
Physics Today 36 (7), 19–22 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915738
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Superconducting heavy‐ion linac at Stony Brook
Physics Today 36 (7), 20 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915739
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TFTR dedicated at Princeton
Physics Today 36 (7), 22 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915740
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Articles

25 years of AAPM
Nagalingam Suntharalingam
Physics Today 36 (7), 25 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915741
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History of medical physics
John S. Laughlin
Physics Today 36 (7), 26–33 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915742

Physicists applied many of their most important discoveries to medicine immediately, laying the foundation for today's radiation therapy, nuclear medicine and diagnostic radiology.

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The physics of medical imaging
Paul R. Moran; R. Jerome Nickles; James A. Zagzebski
Physics Today 36 (7), 36–42 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915743

Images computed from x‐ray absorption, from positron emission, from nuclear magnetic resonance and from reflections of ultrasound are showing tissues and details unimagined 25 years ago.

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The AIP in 1982
Physics Today 36 (7), 45–54 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915744

The Institute prepared to react to the crisis in physics education while its publishing operations had another successful year.

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South American physics
H. S. Ahluwalia
Physics Today 36 (7), 95–96 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915778
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Washington Reports

Battle for an electron accelerator: Argonne takes on SURA
Irwin Goodwin
Physics Today 36 (7), 57–60 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915745
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Knapp confirmed as NSF director
Irwin Goodwin
Physics Today 36 (7), 60 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915746
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NASA seeks input from university‐based scientists
Jean Coonan
Physics Today 36 (7), 60 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915747
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OTA finds export controls only slow Soviet access
Physics Today 36 (7), 60 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915748
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Meeting

AAPM 25th Annual Meeting set for New York City
Philip F. Judy
Physics Today 36 (7), 62–63 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915749
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Physics Community

Fore! Golf course clears way for telescope
Jean Coonan
Physics Today 36 (7), 65 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915750
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Rival computer companies share R&D
Jean Coonan
Physics Today 36 (7), 65–66 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915751
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OSA and IEEE start Journal of Lightwave Technology
Physics Today 36 (7), 66 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915752
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American Astronomical Society elects Schmidt and Cowley
Physics Today 36 (7), 66 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915753
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Society of Physics Students reelects Eidson president
Physics Today 36 (7), 66 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915754
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White is new president of Engineering Academy
Physics Today 36 (7), 66–67 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915755
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Acoustical Society elects Martin and McKinney
Physics Today 36 (7), 67 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915756
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Science‐writing prize to Martin Gardner
Physics Today 36 (7), 67 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915757
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Center for History of Chemistry operating at Penn
Physics Today 36 (7), 67 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915758
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In Brief
Physics Today 36 (7), 67 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915759
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Books

Solar Magnetohydrodynamics
E. R. Priest; Boon Chye Low
Physics Today 36 (7), 69–70 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915760
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Problems of Biological Physics
L. A. Blumenfeld; Britton Chance
Physics Today 36 (7), 70 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915761
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The Nuclear Many‐Body Problem
P. Ring; P. Schuck; M. R. Strayer
Physics Today 36 (7), 70 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915762
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General Relativity: An Introduction to the Theory of the Gravitational Field and Seventeen Simple Lectures on General Relativity Theory
H. Stephani; H. Buchdahl; Bernard F. Schutz
Physics Today 36 (7), 70–72 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915763
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Energy, Force, and Matter: The Conceptual Development of Nineteenth‐Century Physics
P. M. Harman; Dudley Shapere
Physics Today 36 (7), 72–73 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915764
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New Books
Physics Today 36 (7), 73–75 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915765
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We Hear That

Coolidge Award for medical physics given to Webster
Physics Today 36 (7), 77 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915766
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Weisskopf wins Oppenheimer Prize
Physics Today 36 (7), 77–78 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915767
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In Brief
Physics Today 36 (7), 78 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915768
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Obituaries

Philip Rudnick
William A. Nierenberg; Fred Noel Spiess; Victor C. Anderson; Fred H. Fisher
Physics Today 36 (7), 78–79 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915769
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Otto Halpern
Harvey Hall
Physics Today 36 (7), 79–80 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915770
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APS News

Nuclear‐arms resolution evokes international response
Physics Today 36 (7), 81 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915771
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Washington office follows secrecy issue
Physics Today 36 (7), 81–82 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915772
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APS starts physics program with China
Physics Today 36 (7), 82 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915773
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Complimentary memberships help foreign exchange
Physics Today 36 (7), 82 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915774
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American, European Physical Societies give joint symposium
Physics Today 36 (7), 82 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915775
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New Products

New Products
Physics Today 36 (7), 83–85 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915776
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Calendar

calendar
Physics Today 36 (7), 86–93 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915777
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Editorial

Coupling physics and medicine
Nagalingam Suntharalingam
Physics Today 36 (7), 120 (1983); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2915736
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