February 1995 Physics Today Contents


Articles:

The Physics of Cerebral Aneurysms

Though the process of this potentially deadly disease is complex, one can understand many aspects of the formation, growth and rupture of cerebral aneurysms in terms of relatively simple biophysics and fluid mechanics -- George J. Hademenos

Electronic Pairing in Exotic Superconductors

Superconductivity in heavy-fermion materials and high-Tc cuprates may involve electron pairing with unconventional symmetries and mechanisms -- Daniel L. Cox and M. Brian Maple


Departments:

Search and Discovery

In the Jupiter--Comet clash of 1994, astronomers are the big winners

Cavity lases when occupied, on average, by less than one atom

Washington Reports

Bob Walker, a Formula 2000 racer, steers science and space in the House

Without President to voice R&D agenda, PCAST seeks relevance and receptivity

Physics Community

CERN reaches consensus on two-stage LHC

APS reestablishes formal ties with China

Physics academic population maintains its size

Books

Home is Where The Wind Blows: Chapters From a Cosmologist's Life, F. Hoyle (reviewed by S. G. Brush)

The Essence of Chaos, E. N. Lorenz (reviewed by P. C. Martin)

Advanced Light Microscopy, Vol. 3: Measuring Techniques, M. Pluta (reviewed by R. E. Bisbing)

Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers: Principles and Applications, E. Desurvire (reviewed by M. N. Zervas)

The Surface Science of Metal Oxides, V. E. Henrich and P. A. Cox (reviewed by U. Diebold)

Plus...

Our regular sections: Letters, New Products, We Hear That, and Information Exchange.

New in February: Physics Update. (This is related to but different from the Physics News Update that is available here on the Web.)


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