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Volume 44, Issue 11
November 1991
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ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699

Letters

Merits and Risks of More Underground Tests
Sidney D. Drell
Physics Today 44 (11), 9–13 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810314
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Can Sociology Ease Physicists' Malaise?
Jan A. Tauber; Leon Lederman
Physics Today 44 (11), 13–15 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810315
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Chernobyl News Reliability Revisited
William W. Zuzak; Jovan Jovanovich
Physics Today 44 (11), 15–130 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810316
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Radon: History Notes from the Underground
Stephen A. Norton; Charles T. Hess; Willem F. Brutsaert; Charles V. Guidotti; Edward R. Decker; Harvey M. Sachs
Physics Today 44 (11), 130–134 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810341
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Correction
Physics Today 44 (11), 134 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810342
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Search and Discovery

Light Comes from Ultrasonic Cavitation in Picosecond Pulses
Barbara Goss Levi
Physics Today 44 (11), 17–18 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810317
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Articles

Solid C60
Donald R. Huffman
Physics Today 44 (11), 22–29 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881295

The discovery of a method for producing the soccer‐ball‐shaped buckminsterfullerene molecule in abundance led also to the discovery of a totally new form of crystalline carbon.

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Taylor‐Couette Flow: The Early Days
Russell J. Donnelly
Physics Today 44 (11), 32–39 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881296

Fluid caught between rotating cylinders has been intriguing physicists for over 300 years with its remarkably varied patterns and its chaotic and turbulent behavior.

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Interference and Radioastronomy
A. Richard Thompson; Tomas E. Gergely; Paul A. Vanden Bout
Physics Today 44 (11), 41–49 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881297

The radioastronomer's struggle against a growing flood of interfering sources, from garage door openers to digital audio broadcast satellites, must be fought in the technical and political arenas.

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Meetings

Materials Research Society Meets in Boston
Physics Today 44 (11), 51–53 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810318
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Washington Reports

Draper Prize for Jet Engine Goes to World War II Foes
Irwin Goodwin
Physics Today 44 (11), 73–74 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810319
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Washington Ins & Outs: Musical Chairs at OSTP, DOE and Pentagon Leave Technology Policy a Trivial Pursuit
Irwin Goodwin
Physics Today 44 (11), 74–77 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810320
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Special Report: Severe Accident Scenarios at Issue in DOE Plan to Restart Reactor
William Sweet
Physics Today 44 (11), 78–81 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810321
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Physics Community

Funding Problems May Delay Research at LBL's Advanced Light Source
Jean Kumagai
Physics Today 44 (11), 85–87 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810322
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Ohio State Withdraws From Mount Graham Telescope Project
William Sweet
Physics Today 44 (11), 87 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2833555
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Books

Fractals, Chaos, Power Laws: Minutes from an Infinite Paradise
Manfred Schroeder; Kurt Wiesenfeld
Physics Today 44 (11), 91 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810323
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Nuclear Structure from a Simple Perspective
Richard F. Casten; Steven Moszkowski
Physics Today 44 (11), 91–92 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810324
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Dangerous Thoughts: Memoirs of a Russian Life
Yuri Orlov; Andrew M. Sessler
Physics Today 44 (11), 92–93 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810325
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Redirecting Science: Niels Bohr, Philanthropy and the Rise of Nuclear Physics
Finn Aaserud; Paul Forman
Physics Today 44 (11), 93–94 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810326
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Chaos in Classical and Quantum Mechanics
Martin C. Gutzwiller; Jorge V. José
Physics Today 44 (11), 94–96 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810327
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New Books
Physics Today 44 (11), 96–101 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810328
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New Products

New Products
Physics Today 44 (11), 103–105 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810329
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News from APS

APS Awards 1991–92 Corporate Scholarships to Minority Undergrads
Physics Today 44 (11), 107 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810330
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We Hear That

AAPT Recognizes Herbert, Creator of ‘Mr. Wizard’ TV Series
Physics Today 44 (11), 109 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810331
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Lorenz Wins Kyoto Prize for Work on Weather and Chaos
Physics Today 44 (11), 109–110 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810332
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Zapas Receives 1991 Bingham Medal from Sor
Physics Today 44 (11), 110 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810333
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Obituaries

Valentine Bargmann
Elliott Lieb; Elias Stein; Arthur Wightman
Physics Today 44 (11), 110–112 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810334
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Serge Alexander Korff
Rosalind B. Mendell
Physics Today 44 (11), 112–113 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810335
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John Henry Manley
Mark Jakobson; Louis Rosen
Physics Today 44 (11), 113–114 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810336
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Aldert Van Der Ziel
C. M. Van Vliet; P. H. Handel
Physics Today 44 (11), 114 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810337
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Jay E. Hammel
Harry Dreicer; Franz Jahoda; Jack Shlachter
Physics Today 44 (11), 114–115 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810338
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Mitchel Weissbluth
Walter A. Harrison
Physics Today 44 (11), 115–116 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810339
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Calendar
Physics Today 44 (11), 119–126 (1991); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810340
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