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Volume 46, Issue 5
May 1993
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ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699

Letters

Toward a Broadened View of Physics Training
James C. McGroddy
Physics Today 46 (5), 9 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808893
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‘Young Scientists’ See No Physicist Shortage
Ardith El‐Kareh; Alexander Weissman; Joachim Theilhaber
Physics Today 46 (5), 9–11 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808894
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Opportunities Remain in Science's Hard Times
Giorgio Margaritondo; Arthur Kantrowitz
Physics Today 46 (5), 11–15 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808895
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Kilogram Definition Should Be Immaterial
W. E. Deeds
Physics Today 46 (5), 15–91 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808896
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The Truth about Feynman's Father
Joan Feynman; Freeman Dyson
Physics Today 46 (5), 91 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808919
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Solar Cycle's Effect on How High Hubble Flies
Greg Davidson
Physics Today 46 (5), 91–93 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808920
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Gibbon's Doctoral Adviser Amended
Eugen Merzbacher
Physics Today 46 (5), 93 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808921
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A Shortcut to Sending FSU Scientists Journals
T. Chelidze
Physics Today 46 (5), 93 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808922
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Defense Research Defended
Robert E. Levine
Physics Today 46 (5), 93 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808923
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Correction
Physics Today 46 (5), 93 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808924
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Search and Discovery

In High‐TC Superconductors, is D‐Wave the New Wave?
Barbara Goss Levi
Physics Today 46 (5), 17–20 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808897
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Articles

Atom‐Probe Field Ion Microscopy
Tien T. Tsong
Physics Today 46 (5), 24–31 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881389

A technique first used for imaging atoms now permits the study of mechanisms and energetics of atomic processes on solid surfaces and the single‐atom and atomic‐layer chemical analysis of surfaces.

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Probing Dense Nuclear Matter in the Laboratory
Subal Das Gupta; Gary D. Westfall
Physics Today 46 (5), 34–40 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881390

Colliding heavy ions offer a glimpse of nuclear matter at densities and temperatures that previously were exclusive to the extraterrestrial domain.

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Goals for the Federal Role in Science and Technology
Ralph E. Gomory
Physics Today 46 (5), 42–45 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881391
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Meetings

ACA Meeting Crystallizes in Albuquerque
Physics Today 46 (5), 47 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808898
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Program Compiled for Physics Computing '93
Physics Today 46 (5), 49–50 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808899
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Washington Reports

As Arms Race Ends, DOE Pulls Plug on Tritium Production—For Now
Irwin Goodwin
Physics Today 46 (5), 53–54 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808900
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Physics Community

Young Scientists' Network Provides Forum For Electronic Activism
Jean Kumagai
Physics Today 46 (5), 57–60 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808901
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Recession Effects Seen in AIP Survey of College Grads
Physics Today 46 (5), 60 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808902
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AIP History Center Receives Gifts from Segre and Ford Families
Physics Today 46 (5), 60 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808903
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Opinion

All I Really Need to Know…
David P. Stern
Physics Today 46 (5), 63 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808904
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Books

Ion Implantation in Diamond, Graphite and Related Materials
M. S. Dresselhaus; R. Kalish; Johan F. Prins
Physics Today 46 (5), 65 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808905
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Out of the Crystal Maze
L. Hoddeson; E. Braun; J. Teichmann; S. Weart; Frederick Seitz
Physics Today 46 (5), 65–67 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808906
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Particle Physics
B. R. Martin; G. Shaw; Gary Feldman
Physics Today 46 (5), 67–68 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808907
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Fractals and Chaos in Geology and Geophysics
Donald L. Turcotte; Stephen R. Brown
Physics Today 46 (5), 68 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808908
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Proceedings of the 1st Experimental Chaos Conference
S. Vohra; M. Spano; M. Shlesinger; L. Pecora; W. Ditto; George M. Zaslavsky
Physics Today 46 (5), 68–69 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808909
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Applied Chaos
Jong Hyun Kim; John Stringer; George M. Zaslavsky; James B. Ramsey
Physics Today 46 (5), 69–70 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808910
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Local Quantum Physics
Rudolf Haag; Meinhard E. Mayer
Physics Today 46 (5), 70–72 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808911
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New Books
Physics Today 46 (5), 72 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808912
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New Products

New Products
Physics Today 46 (5), 75–77 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808913
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We Hear That

National Academy of Engineering Names New Members
Physics Today 46 (5), 79 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808914
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In Brief
Physics Today 46 (5), 79 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808915
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Obituaries

E. Bright Wilson
William Klemperer
Physics Today 46 (5), 80 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808916
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Hugh P. Kelly
Judah M. Eisenberg; Akiva Ron
Physics Today 46 (5), 80–81 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808917
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Calendar

Calendar
Physics Today 46 (5), 83–89 (1993); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808918
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