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September 1992
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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Letters
Elf‐Field Health Effects: Biological, or Illogical?
Franklin Hutchinson; Geoffrey A. Landis; Antony C. Fraser‐Smith; Franklin F. Offner; Robert K. Adair
Physics Today 45 (9), 13–100 (1992);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2809792
Search and Discovery
Articles
The Heard Island Feasibility Test
Physics Today 45 (9), 22–30 (1992);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881317
An expedition in the southern Indian Ocean demonstrated that coded underwater acoustic signals can be received worldwideand serve as a method for measuring global ocean warming.
Progress toward Ignition and Burn Propagation in Inertial Confinement Fusion
Physics Today 45 (9), 32–40 (1992);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881318
To achieve efficient inertial confinement fusion one must produce a small hot spot within the imploding target from which thermonuclear burn can ignite.
Energy from Inertial Fusion
Physics Today 45 (9), 42–50 (1992);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881319
Progress in drivers, reactors and targets has made smaller, more flexible power plants feasible and has reduced the potential costs of developing them.
Washington Reports
Washington Ins and Outs: New Jobs at Whitehouse OSTP; Shakeups at NSF; Change at SURA
Physics Today 45 (9), 58–59 (1992);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2809797
Physics Community
Opinion
Books
Sakharov Remembered: A Tribute by Friends and Colleagues and Andrei Sakharov:Facets of a Life
Physics Today 45 (9), 71 (1992);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2809806
Prisoner's Dilemma: John Von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb
Physics Today 45 (9), 73–74 (1992);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2809809
