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Volume 56, Issue 1
1 January 2003
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ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699

Physics Update

Refraction at the atomic level
Phil F. Schewe
Physics Today 56 (1), 9 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2409941
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Icicle ripples
James R. Riordan
Physics Today 56 (1), 9 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796888
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The photonic de Broglie wavelength
Phil F. Schewe
Physics Today 56 (1), 9 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796891
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Cooling by adiabatic magnetization
Phil F. Schewe
Physics Today 56 (1), 9 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796893
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Reference Frame

Discrete and Continuum Descriptions of Matter
Jerry Gollub
Physics Today 56 (1), 10–11 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554120
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Letters

Crisis in Physics Spurs Spirited Dialogue
George Trilling
Physics Today 56 (1), 12 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554121
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Crisis in Physics Spurs Spirited Dialogue
Michael Dine
Physics Today 56 (1), 12–13 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796872
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Crisis in Physics Spurs Spirited Dialogue
Drasko Jovanovic
Physics Today 56 (1), 13–,69 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796875
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Crisis in Physics Spurs Spirited Dialogue
Larry Merkle
Physics Today 56 (1), 69 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796880
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Crisis in Physics Spurs Spirited Dialogue
John S. Rigden
Physics Today 56 (1), 69 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796883
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Crisis in Physics Spurs Spirited Dialogue
Sidney Nagel
Physics Today 56 (1), 69–70 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796885
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Datz’s Early Work Clarified
Ellison H. Taylor
Physics Today 56 (1), 70–71 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554151
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RCA’s Role in Early Superconducting Magnet Research
Steven W. Van Sciver; Kenneth R. Marken
Physics Today 56 (1), 71 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554152
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Sometimes it’s the Ref Who Fouls Out
Richard Branham
Physics Today 56 (1), 71 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554153
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Correction
Physics Today 56 (1), 71 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2409945
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Search and Discovery

Second CERN Group Produces Cold Atoms of Antihydrogen
Barbara Goss Levi
Physics Today 56 (1), 14–16 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554124

A new experiment, by CERN’s ATRAP collaboration, introduces a technique for determining the quantum state in which antihydrogen atoms are formed.

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A Little Extra Weight Goes a Long Way
Steven K. Blau
Physics Today 56 (1), 15 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554125
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Isotope Ratio Measurements Firm Up Knowledge of Earth’s Formation
Richard Fitzgerald
Physics Today 56 (1), 16–18 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554126
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Issues and Events

Planetary Astronomers Worry About Future Funding
Toni Feder
Physics Today 56 (1), 19–20 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554127

Will plugging for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope end up hurting support for ground-based planetary astronomy?

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New APS Ethics Guidelines Address Research Misconduct and Professional Responsibilities
Jim Dawson
Physics Today 56 (1), 20–22 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554128

Scientific fraud incidents at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Bell Labs have ended the “innocent thinking” that marked the society’s earlier ethics guidelines.

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NRC and NAPA Endorse Federal Funding of Smithsonian Science Centers
Jim Dawson
Physics Today 56 (1), 22 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554129
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UK Science Spending on Course to Double
Toni Feder
Physics Today 56 (1), 22–23 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554130
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San Diego Center Theorizes About the Physics of Biology
Toni Feder
Physics Today 56 (1), 23 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554131
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Name Change for Gemini
Paul Guinnessy
Physics Today 56 (1), 23–24 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554132
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Web Watch
Charles Day
Physics Today 56 (1), 23 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2409942
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Industrial Science as History
Jim Dawson
Physics Today 56 (1), 24 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796877
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Early Cosmic-Ray Research in Argentina
Juan G. Roederer
Physics Today 56 (1), 32–37 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554134

The 1950s were a decade of political and economic difficulties in Argentina. Still, university students could carry out a modest research program.

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Articles

Mesoscopic Texture in Manganites
Neil Mathur; Peter Littlewood
Physics Today 56 (1), 25–30 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554133

From atom-scale stripes to micron-scale patches, manganites exhibit a wealth of fascinating phase-separated behavior.

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The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program
Thomas P. Ackerman; Gerald M. Stokes
Physics Today 56 (1), 38–44 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554135

To predict reliably what increased greenhouse gases will do to global climate, we have to understand the crucial role of clouds.

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Books

Synchronization: A Universal Concept in Nonlinear Sciences
Steven Strogatz
Physics Today 56 (1), 47 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554136
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An Introduction to the Science of Cosmology
Nickolay Y. Gnedin
Physics Today 56 (1), 47–48 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554137
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The Measurement of Time: Time, Frequency and the Atomic Clock
Jacques Vanier
Physics Today 56 (1), 48–49 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554138
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The Casimir Effect: Physical Manifestations of Zero-Point Energy
Peter W. Milonni
Physics Today 56 (1), 49–50 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554139
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Laser Remote Sensing of the Ocean: Methods and Applications
Gregory A. Neumann
Physics Today 56 (1), 50–52 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554140
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New Books
Physics Today 56 (1), 52–54 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2472662
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New Products

Focus on Data Acquisition
Lawrence G. Rubin
Physics Today 56 (1), 55–58 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2409943
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We Hear That

Childs Is AVS President-Elect
Physics Today 56 (1), 61–62 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554141
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In Brief
Physics Today 56 (1), 61–62 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2409944
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Obituaries

Willibald Jentschke
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Paul Söding; Albrecht Wagner
Physics Today 56 (1), 62–63 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554142
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Lyle Benjamin Borst
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Bernard Manowitz; Herbert J.C. Kouts
Physics Today 56 (1), 63–64 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554143
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George Briggs Collins
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
John R. Ficenec
Physics Today 56 (1), 64–65 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554144
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Alvin Radkowsky
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Paul Zweifel
Physics Today 56 (1), 65–66 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554145
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Donald Tuomi
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Robert W. Johnson
Physics Today 56 (1), 66–67 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554146
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Albert Edward Whitford
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Donald E. Osterbrock
Physics Today 56 (1), 67–68 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1554147
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