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April 1990
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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Letters
‘Pathological Science’: Erroneous Epilogue?
Walter L. Faust; David J. Michel; John J. Gilman; Jack H. Westbrook; James M. Galligan; Yasuo Nannichi; Kyle Forinash; William D. Rumsey; Robert N. Hall
Physics Today 43 (4), 13–112 (1990);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810511
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ARTICLES
Electron Holography: A New View of the Microscopic
Physics Today 43 (4), 22–29 (1990);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881230
Now that coherent field‐emission electron beams are available, one can exploit the wave nature of free electrons to do holography on the atomic scale.
Articles
The Hubble Space Telescope Observatory
Physics Today 43 (4), 32–38 (1990);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881231
The Hubble Space Telescope is scheduled to go into space this month, giving astronomers a ten‐times sharper view of the stars and galaxies and an unprecedented sighting of the uv universe.
Edwin P. Hubble and the Transformation of Cosmology
Physics Today 43 (4), 52–58 (1990);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881232
By providing the first widely convincing evidence of the existence of galaxies external to our own, he helped to remake our notions of the origins of the universe.
Washington Reports
Washington Ins & Outs: Bromley Fills Top Jobs at OSTP; Lyons Becomes NIST Director
Physics Today 43 (4), 47–48 (1990);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810516
Meetings
CLEO‐IQEC to Be Held in Anaheim
Physics Today 43 (4), 61–63 (1990);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810517
Physics Community
Books
The Rise of the Wave Theory of Light: Optical Theory and Experiment in the Early Nineteenth Century
Physics Today 43 (4), 78–80 (1990);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810533
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Obituaries
The lessons learned from ephemeral nuclei
Witold Nazarewicz; Lee G. Sobotka
FYI science policy briefs
Lindsay McKenzie; Jacob Taylor