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Volume 46, Issue 4
April 1993
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ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699

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The Gem of General Relativity
Daniel Kleppner
Physics Today 46 (4), 9–11 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808859
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Letters

Negotiating the Tricky Border Between Quantum and Classical
James L. Anderson; GianCarlo Ghirardi; Renata Grassi; Philip Pearle; Nicolas Gisin; David Z. Albert; Gerald Feinberg; Peter R. Holland; Vinay Ambegaokar; Kenneth J. Epstein; Wojciech H. Zurek
Physics Today 46 (4), 13–90 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808860
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How Bubbles Blow Up (Other Things, That is)
M. M. Chaudhri
Physics Today 46 (4), 90 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808888
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Different Angles on Errors in Textbooks
Mario Iona; Philip Best
Physics Today 46 (4), 90–91 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808889
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High School Teachers Need College Contact
Barbara M. Thackray
Physics Today 46 (4), 91–92 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808890
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Shockley's Scientific Standards Defended
James E. Felten; William J. Spence
Physics Today 46 (4), 92 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808891
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India's Long History of Women of Science
Chanchal Uberoi
Physics Today 46 (4), 92 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808892
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Search and Discovery

In Old and New Experiments, the 17‐KeV Neutrino Goes Away
Bertram Schwarzschild
Physics Today 46 (4), 17–18 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808861
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New Evidence Confirms Old Predictions of Retarded Forces
Barbara Goss Levi
Physics Today 46 (4), 18–20 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808862
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Articles

The Search for Forming Planetary Systems
Anneila I. Sargent; Steven V. W. Beckwith
Physics Today 46 (4), 22–29 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881387

Planet formation used to be a subject for speculative natural history. Now it is an active field of observational astronomy, and the evidence is that planetary systems are abundant.

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The Introductory University Physics Project
John S. Rigden; Donald F. Holcomb; Rosanne DiStefano
Physics Today 46 (4), 32–37 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881388

Models are being developed for o new calculus‐based introductory physics course that would incorporate more 20th‐century physics.

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Career Choices

A Physicist Carves a Niche in Industrial Ecology
Arthur L. Robinson
Physics Today 46 (4), 39–40 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808863
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Washington Reports

Clinton's Hands‐On Economic Plan: Technology Gains, Big Science Loses
Irwin Goodwin
Physics Today 46 (4), 43–46 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808864
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Physics Community

EC's Fourth Science Framework Proposed, as Ruberti Takes Reins
William Sweet
Physics Today 46 (4), 49–51 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808865
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Riesenhuber Replaced as German Research Minister
Physics Today 46 (4), 51 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808866
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New Software Helps Authors Prepare Physics Manuscripts
Physics Today 46 (4), 51 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808867
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Brinkman Domain is Expanded at AT&T Bell Labs
Physics Today 46 (4), 51 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808868
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In Brief
Physics Today 46 (4), 51 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808869
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Opinion

Measurement Technology: Immeasurably Important
Robert M. White
Physics Today 46 (4), 55 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808870
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Books

Dreams of a Final Theory
Steven Weinberg; Frank Wilczek
Physics Today 46 (4), 59 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808871
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Introductory Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Mechanics
Richard L. Liboff; P. J. Peebles; David Finkelstein
Physics Today 46 (4), 60–62 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808872
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The Andromeda Galaxy
Paul Hodge; Gérard De Vaucouleurs
Physics Today 46 (4), 62 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808873
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Single Charge Tunneling: Coulomb Blockade Phenomena in Nanostructures
H. Grabert; M. H. Devoret; Marc Kastner
Physics Today 46 (4), 62–63 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808874
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Interfacial Transport Processes and Rheology
David A. Edwards; Howard Brenner; Darsh T. Wasan; Andrew M. Kraynik
Physics Today 46 (4), 63 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808875
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Exploring Music: The Science and Technology of Tones and Tunes
Charles Taylor; John R. Pierce
Physics Today 46 (4), 63–64 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808876
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Introduction to Percolation Theory
Dietrich Stauffer; Amnon Aharony; Sidney Redner
Physics Today 46 (4), 64 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808877
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New Books
Physics Today 46 (4), 64 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808878
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New Products

New Products
Physics Today 46 (4), 71–73 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808879
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We Hear That

AGU Bestows Awards for Geophysics Research and Service
Physics Today 46 (4), 75 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808880
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OSA Presents Allen Prize, Engineering Excellence Awards
Physics Today 46 (4), 75 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808881
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In Brief
Physics Today 46 (4), 76 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808882
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Obituaries

Robert Morris Page
Merrill I. Skolnik
Physics Today 46 (4), 76 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808883
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Helmut W. Baer
Martin Cooper; Homer Neal; Peter Truoel
Physics Today 46 (4), 77 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808884
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Edward N. Strait
Stephen Shafroth; Herman Feshbach; Sung Kyu Kim
Physics Today 46 (4), 77 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808885
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Paul H. Stelson
James Ball; Russell Robinson
Physics Today 46 (4), 77–78 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808886
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Hack Arroe
Charles A. Lincoln
Physics Today 46 (4), 78 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808887
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