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Volume 40, Issue 8
August 1987
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ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699

Reference Frame

From Neutrinos to Quasiparticles
Leo P. Kadanoff
Physics Today 40 (8), 7–9 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820137
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Letters

Balancing US‐Japan Technology Flow
Hidenaga Yamagishi; Rustum Roy; Hans Motz; Y. Horie
Physics Today 40 (8), 11–88 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820138
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Declining SATs Pose a Threat
Lawrence Cranberg
Physics Today 40 (8), 88 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820162
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What's Best for Space Science?
Stephen L. Gillett; Clay Sawyer, Jr.
Physics Today 40 (8), 88–89 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820163
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Tying Nuclear Dumping to SSC
Henry Hurwitz, Jr.; Harold W. Lewis
Physics Today 40 (8), 89–90 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820164
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‘Fundamental’ Distinctions
Robert D. Black; Philip W. Anderson; Sheldon L. Glashow
Physics Today 40 (8), 90–91 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820165
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OCD and Gluon Observation
Chih Kwan Chen
Physics Today 40 (8), 91–94 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820166
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When Physicists Toss Coins
Emory Kimbrough
Physics Today 40 (8), 94 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820167
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How Now, ‘What's New?’
Leo M. Falicov
Physics Today 40 (8), 94–96 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820168
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Light Verse
Richard Friedberg
Physics Today 40 (8), 96 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820169
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Corrections
Physics Today 40 (8), 96 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820170
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Search and Discovery

Neutral B Mesons Show Surprisingly Large Flavor Mixing
Bertram Schwarzschild
Physics Today 40 (8), 17–20 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820139
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Articles

Bang: The Supernova of 1987
David Helfand
Physics Today 40 (8), 24–32 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881081

A stellar explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud has ended a four‐century‐long vigil for a nearby event and started the new field of neutrino astronomy.

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Yields of US and Soviet Nuclear Tests
Jack F. Evernden; Gerald E. Marsh
Physics Today 40 (8), 36–44 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881082

Failure to account properly for geological and seismological differences between the US and Soviet test sites has led to overestimates of the yields of Soviet tests and to incorrect claims of Soviet cheating on the treaty limit of 150 kilotons.

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Thoughts of a Retiring APS President
Sidney D. Drell
Physics Today 40 (8), 56–62 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881083

The past year's events prompt reflections on the social responsibilities of scientists, ‘Star Wars,’ APS activities and Andrei Sakharov's return to Moscow from exile in Gorky.

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Washington Reports

Race for the Ring: DOE Reacts to Congress's Anxieties on SSC
Irwin Goodwin
Physics Today 40 (8), 47–50 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820140
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Will High‐Tc Superconductivity Affect the SSC's Design?
Irwin Goodwin
Physics Today 40 (8), 50–52 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820141
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Academies Select Panel to Judge Ideal SSC Site
Irwin Goodwin
Physics Today 40 (8), 52 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820142
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Beggs and General Dynamics Cleared of Fraud
Irwin Goodwin
Physics Today 40 (8), 53 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820143
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Washington Ins and Outs: Hunter and Nelson Named to DOE Posts
Irwin Goodwin
Physics Today 40 (8), 53 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820144
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Physics Community

New Radiotelescopes Open Era of Submillimeter Astronomy
William Sweet
Physics Today 40 (8), 65–67 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820145
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Burnell Awarded Tinsley Prize
Physics Today 40 (8), 67 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820146
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In Brief
Physics Today 40 (8), 67 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820147
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Books

Physics of Amorphous Materials and The Physics of Amorphous Solids
S. R. Elliott; Richard Zallen; Kishin Moorjani
Physics Today 40 (8), 69 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820148
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Thermometry
James F. Schooley; Lawrence G. Rubin
Physics Today 40 (8), 70–71 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820149
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Optical Bistability: Controlling Light by Light
Hyatt M. Gibbs; Dror Sarid
Physics Today 40 (8), 71–72 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820150
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Fiber Optics: Devices and Systems
Peter K. Cheo; Allen H. Cherin
Physics Today 40 (8), 72 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820151
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Story of the W and Z
Peter Watkins; Alexander Firestone
Physics Today 40 (8), 72 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820152
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Los Alamos Experience
Phyllis K. Fisher; Jane S. Wilson
Physics Today 40 (8), 72–73 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820153
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New Books
Physics Today 40 (8), 73–75 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820154
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News from APS

Congressional Fellowship Program Gets Good Review
Physics Today 40 (8), 79 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820155
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APS to Co‐Host Third Meeting of Physics Department Heads
Physics Today 40 (8), 79 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820156
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We Hear That

Wolf Foundation Honors Six with 1987 Awards
Physics Today 40 (8), 81 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820157
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OSA Honored Eleven in 1986
Physics Today 40 (8), 82 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820158
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In Brief
Physics Today 40 (8), 84 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820159
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Obituaries

Curtis Judson Humphreys
Kenneth L. Andrew
Physics Today 40 (8), 84–86 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820160
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James William Broxon
Albert A. Bartlett
Physics Today 40 (8), 86 (1987); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2820161
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