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Physics Today 49 (12), 9 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2807846

Letters

Physics Today 49 (12), 11–13 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881519
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Search and Discovery

Physics Today 49 (12), 17–19 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881571

Aquarter of a century ago three Cornell experimenters found that when they cooled 3He below 3 mK it had three different superfluid phases and behaved anisotropically.

Physics Today 49 (12), 19–21 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881572

Carbon is unique in its ability to combine with other atoms in innumerable ways. But only recently have we learned that pure carbon can form itself into a dazzling proliferation of molecular shapes.

Articles

Physics Today 49 (12), 22–27 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881573

A tilted room houses a mysteriously horizontal pool table, sending an imaginary character named TSP on an intellectual journey that parallels that of physicists interested in the strong CP problem and axion physics.

Physics Today 49 (12), 28–34 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881574

New mathematical techniques and greater computational power have made it possible to apply knot theory and braid theory to fluid flows.

Physics Today 49 (12), 46–51 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881581

Physics professors who teach the introductory course frequently complain about the first‐year textbooks. Here are some of the books being developed in response.

Washington Reports

Physics Today 49 (12), 36–37 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881575
Physics Today 49 (12), 37–38 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881576
Physics Today 49 (12), 38–39 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881577

Physics Community

Physics Today 49 (12), 41–42 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881578
Physics Today 49 (12), 42–43 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881579
Physics Today 49 (12), 43 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2807847
Physics Today 49 (12), 43 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2807848
Physics Today 49 (12), 43–44 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2807849
Physics Today 49 (12), 44 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2807851
Physics Today 49 (12), 44 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2807852
Physics Today 49 (12), 44 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2807853
Physics Today 49 (12), 44 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881580

Books

Physics Today 49 (12), 53 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881586
Physics Today 49 (12), 53–54 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881587
Physics Today 49 (12), 54 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881588
Physics Today 49 (12), 54–55 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881589
Physics Today 49 (12), 55–56 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881590
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Physics Today 49 (12), 56–58 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881592
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Physics Today 49 (12), 58–59 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881595
Physics Today 49 (12), 59–60 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2807854
Physics Today 49 (12), 59 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881596
Physics Today 49 (12), 60–61 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2807855

New Products

Physics Today 49 (12), 63–65 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2807856

We Hear That

Physics Today 49 (12), 73 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2807857
Physics Today 49 (12), 73 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2807858
Physics Today 49 (12), 73–74 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2807859

Obituaries

Physics Today 49 (12), 74–75 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881597
Physics Today 49 (12), 75 (1996); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881582
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