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Cover: Physicists and their students are becoming increasingly interested in biological phenomena. Biologists, for their part, are ever more aware that physical modeling and analysis can be usefully applied to biological systems. In the article beginning on page 46, Ray Goldstein and colleagues argue that biological physics should be taught in physics departments, and they offer a number of ideas for designing courses from the introductory to the graduate level. (Images courtesy of Ray Goldstein and Robert Reinking, University of Arizona.)

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Physics Today -- March 2005

Volume 58, Issue 3, pp. 9-92

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  • ISSUES AND EVENTS
  • OPINION
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  • NEW PRODUCTS
  • WE HEAR THAT
  • OBITUARIES

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    ARTICLES

      A Small Puzzle from 1905
      In his first relativity paper, Einstein made one erroneous prediction. Although it should have been withdrawn when he generalized the theory to include gravity, the original error has received surprisingly little attention.
      Alex Harvey and Engelbert Schucking
      pp. 34-36
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      Extreme Nonlinear Optics: Coherent X Rays from Lasers
      Ultrashort laser pulses can generate even shorter bursts of coherent soft x rays. The technology now makes it possible to manipulate atoms on attosecond time scales to create designer wavefunctions.
      Henry C. Kapteyn1, Margaret M. Murnane1, and Ivan P. Christov2
      pp. 39-46
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    PHYSICS UPDATE

    LETTERS

    SEARCH AND DISCOVERY

      X-Ray Absorption Lines Probe the Missing Half of the Cosmic Baryon Population
      Cosmologists believe that half of all ordinary matter in the present epoch is hidden as a web of highly ionized intergalactic gas. An x-ray analog of the Lyman alpha forest of redshifted ultraviolet absorption lines promises to reveal that missing matter.
      Bertram Schwarzschild
      pp. 19-21
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      A New Look at Electrons in Water Clusters Solves a Longstanding Riddle
      Influenced by cluster size and temperature, an electron can attach to the surface or be trapped internally.
      Steven K. Blau
      pp. 21-22
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      What's Making Earth Hum?
      New evidence suggests that winter storms over the oceans provide the energy that sets Earth freely oscillating at its fundamental frequencies.
      Barbara Goss Levi
      pp. 22-23
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    ISSUES AND EVENTS

      Undergraduates Assemble Neutron Detector
      Spreading the construction of a detector across several institutions brings project visibility to participants.
      Toni Feder
      pp. 25-26
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      Missing Magazines Highlight Staff Distrust of Los Alamos Management
      After an annus horribilis at Los Alamos, the atmosphere at the lab is still uneasy.
      Paul Guinnessy
      pp. 26-27
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    OPINION

    MEETINGS

      APS March Meeting in Los Angeles

      pp. 55-58
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    BOOKS

      New Books

      pp. 65-73
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    NEW PRODUCTS

    WE HEAR THAT

      APS Hands Out Awards at March Meeting

      pp. 81-82
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      AIP Honors Lederman with Compton Medal

      p. 82
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      Macosko Honored Twice by SoR

      p. 82
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      Marrian Is AVS President-Elect

      p. 82
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    OBITUARIES

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