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July 1992
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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Iraq's Secret Nuclear Weapons Program
Physics Today 45 (7), 21–27 (1992);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881312
UN inspectors discovered on electromagnetic isotope separation factory that put Iraq just 18‐30 months away from having enough material for a bomb. They also found European centrifuge technology and plans for an implosion device.
The Eventful Life of Fritz Houtermans
Physics Today 45 (7), 29–37 (1992);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881313
Fleeing Hitler, he went to England in 1933. Soon, driven by idealism and English cooking, he moved to the Soviet Union. Eventually the NKVD shipped him back to the Gestapo. Through it all he managed to do ground‐breaking physics.
Micromechanical Models of the Cochlea
Physics Today 45 (7), 40–47 (1992);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881349
We know that the inner ear separates the frequency components of complex sounds by mechanical means, but exactly how is this feat accomplished?
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Quantum Signatures of Chaos and the Transition to Chaos in Conservative Classical Systems: Quantum Manifestations
Physics Today 45 (7), 67–68 (1992);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2809740
