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 -- Pierre Sikivie
Dark Matter Axions '96 (paper by Sikivie cited in article)
New mathematical techniques and greater computational power have made it possible to apply knot theory and braid theory to fluid flows -- Renzo L. Ricca and Mitchell A. Berger
Physics professors who teach the introductory course frequently complain about the first-year textbooks. Here are some of the books being developed in response -- Joseph Amato
(See Books Department)
Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Lee, Osheroff and Richardson for discovery of superfluidity in He-3. A quarter of a century ago three Cornell experimenters found that when they cooled He-3 below 3 mK it had three different superfluid phases and behaved anisotropically.
Nobel Chemistry Prize goes to Curl, Kroto and Smalley for discovering fullerenes. 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.
The 1996 election ends in a political status quo, with both sides calling for comity, not collision
At last, nuclear powers sign comprehensive test ban but doubts remain on nonsigners and subcritical tests
Engineering academy picks Wulf to replace deposed president
AIP-Manpower Inc agreement aims to boost industry's use of physicists. Will temp agencies provide more physicists with an entree into the industrial workforce?
Swiss neutron source starts up
EPS moves to France, makes other changes
Gross will be next director of ITP
Maiani to head CERN council
AIP reports look at master's recipients and postdocs
Woodall will lead AVS in 1998
Siegman elected vice president of OSA
Laser Fundamentals, W. T. Silfvast (reviewed by W. B. Bridges)
Vibrations and Waves, W. Gough, J. P. G. Richards and R. P. Williams (reviewed by L. Roelofs)Reasoning About Luck: Probability and Its Uses in Physics, V. Ambegaokar (reviewed by R. H. Howes)
Cellular Biophysics, Volumes 1 and 2, T. F. Weiss (reviewed by E. V. Mielczarek)
An Introduction to High-Performance Scientific Computing, L. D. Fosdick, E. R. Jessup, C. J. C. Schauble and G. Domik (reviewed by R. L. Place)
Mechanics of Materials, D. Roylance;
Mechanics of Materials, R. R. Craig Jr (reviewed by C. S. Lynch)
Lasers and Electro-Optics: Fundamentals and Engineering, C. C. Davis (reviewed by J. R. Brandenberger)
Newton's Principia: The Central Argument, D. Densmore (reviewed by J. B. Brackenridge)
Understanding Relativity: A Simplified Approach to Einstein's Theories, L. Sartori (reviewed by L. C. Shepley)
Advanced University Physics, S. B. Palmer and M. S. Rogalski (reviewed by K. S. Krane)
Department-head standards in undergraduate texts
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