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June 1989
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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Letters
Learning to Swim in the Paper Flood
Sarah Kurtz; M. L. Swanson; Clarence A. Gall; Robert Lynch; H. F. M. Goenner; Roger Carr; B. D. Silverman; James L. Lauer; N. David Mermin
Physics Today 42 (6), 13–114 (1989);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2811041
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Articles
Macromolecular Structure from Anomalous Dispersion
Physics Today 42 (6), 22–29 (1989);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881170
A simple algebraic analysis of diffraction data from the unusual scattering near an absorption edge reveals the structures of substances that play a primary role in the processes of life.
The Concept of Mass
Physics Today 42 (6), 31–36 (1989);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881171
In the modern language of relativity theory there is only one mass, the Newtonian mass m, which does not vary with velocity; hence the famous formula has to be taken with a large grain of salt.
AIP in 1988: An Annual Report
Physics Today 42 (6), 47–58 (1989);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881172
The institute launched a new magazine, expanded and relocated its Education Division, reorganized the publishing branches, adopted new objectives and released a study on high school physics.
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Lindsay McKenzie; Hannah Daniel
Another Fowler
Peter J. Turchi
Wu, Shaknov, and the EPR dilemma
Peter W. Milonni