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Volume 40, Issue 3
March 1987
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ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699

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On Complexity
Leo P. Kadanoff
Physics Today 40 (3), 7–9 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819941
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Letters

An ‘SSC’ for Condensed Matter
Stuart Lindsay; Herman Feshbach
Physics Today 40 (3), 11–13 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819942
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The SSCene Creed
Sanford Wilson; Ernest Lewis
Physics Today 40 (3), 13 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819943
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How to Slice a Research Pie
E. R. Menzel
Physics Today 40 (3), 13–15 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819944
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Superstrings: Another View
G. Rajasekaran; San Fu Tuan
Physics Today 40 (3), 15–108 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819945
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India: Another ‘Pioneer’
Harjit S. Ahluwallia
Physics Today 40 (3), 108 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819967
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Refuseniks' Thanks
Isai Goldstein; Grigory Goldstein
Physics Today 40 (3), 108–110 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819968
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Refuseniks' Plight
Louis J. Lanzerotti; A. Hasegawa; Allen Wolfe; Michael J. Gerver; George Bekefi
Physics Today 40 (3), 110 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819969
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Interpreting Quasar Redshifts
Per Maltby; Jay M. Pasachoff; John Kierein
Physics Today 40 (3), 110–112 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819970
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Correction
Physics Today 40 (3), 112 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819971
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Editorial
James D. Bjorken
Physics Today 40 (3), 136 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819972
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Search and Discovery

Herschbach, Lee and Polanyi Receive 1986 Chemistry Nobel
Per H. Andersen
Physics Today 40 (3), 17–20 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819946
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Still More Squeezing of Optical Noise
Barbara Goss Levi
Physics Today 40 (3), 20–22 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819947
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Articles

The First Electronic Computer
Allan R. Mackintosh
Physics Today 40 (3), 25–32 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881101

John Vincent Atanasoff, a theoretical physicist faced with tedious quantum mechanical computations, built an electronic device that featured binary logic, regenerative memory and vector processing in 1939.

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Forensic Physics of Vehicle Accidents
Arthur C. Damask
Physics Today 40 (3), 36–44 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881102

The reconstruction of accidents and the analysis of the mechanisms of injury are the focuses of an emerging interdisciplinary field that is leading to safer vehicle design.

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The Coupled Cluster Method
Raymond F. Bishop; Hermann G. Kümmel
Physics Today 40 (3), 52–60 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881103

Decomposing the wavefunction of a many‐particle system in terms of amplitudes for exciting clusters of a finite number of particles yields a versatile and high‐precision tool of many‐body theory.

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Washington Reports

Reagan Endorses the SSC, a Colossus Among Colliders
Irwin Goodwin
Physics Today 40 (3), 47–49 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819948
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Meetings

CLEO and IQEC in Baltimore
Margaret Marynowski
Physics Today 40 (3), 62–63 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819949
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Physics Community

Exploratorium Influences Science Museums New and Old
William Sweet
Physics Today 40 (3), 65–68 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819950
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White Takes Up Oppenheimer's Mantle at Exploratorium
Physics Today 40 (3), 68 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819951
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Books

Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Engineering
Michael B. Bever; Charles B. Duke
Physics Today 40 (3), 71–72 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819952
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Supermanifolds
Bryce de Witt; Matt Visser
Physics Today 40 (3), 72–73 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819953
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Random Walks in Biology
Howard C. Berg; Freeman Dyson
Physics Today 40 (3), 73–74 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819954
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Complex Systems—Operational Approaches in Neurobiology, Physics and Computers
Hermann Haken; Francisco Varela
Physics Today 40 (3), 74–76 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819955
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Synergetics: From Microscopic to Macroscopic Order
Eckart Frehland; Jean‐Pierre Dupuy
Physics Today 40 (3), 76–77 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819956
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New Books
Physics Today 40 (3), 77 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819957
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New Products

New Products
Physics Today 40 (3), 81–83 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819958
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We Hear That

Three Receive APS Plasma Physics Awards
Physics Today 40 (3), 85–86 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819959
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Obituaries

Harold Grad
Albert A. Blank
Physics Today 40 (3), 86 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819960
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Clifford Keith Beck
William G. Pollard; Donald B. Trauger
Physics Today 40 (3), 86–88 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819961
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Henry Levinstein
Nathan Ginsberg; H. W. Berry
Physics Today 40 (3), 88 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819962
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Joyce Alvin Bearden
Richard D. Deslattes; Brian R. Judd
Physics Today 40 (3), 88–90 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819963
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News from APS

Schwartz of Brooklyn College is New APS Education Officer
Physics Today 40 (3), 93 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819964
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Grants Available for Conference Travel
Physics Today 40 (3), 93 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819965
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Calendar

Calendar
Physics Today 40 (3), 95–104 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2819966
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