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Dehmelt has performed other small miracles as well. By creating an electromagnetic "cradle," he has kept a lone electron suspended in a vacuum for months at a time. He has also succeeded in observing the fabled quantum jump of a single trapped atom as it absorbed energy and then emitted it in the form of light...
...such apocalyptic visions justified? Not at all, argues conservative pundit George Gilder in his new book, Microcosm: The Quantum Revolution in Economics and Technology (Simon & Schuster; $19.95), a lively look at the history and prospects of the U.S. microelectronics industry. Gilder, author of the best-selling Wealth and Poverty, thinks that as computer-chip technology advances, America will widen its lead...
...heart of Gilder's argument is the notion that the breakthroughs in quantum physics in the early 20th century, which provided the theoretical basis for microelectronics, also laid the groundwork for sweeping changes in the world's economy. In the past, a nation's wealth sprang from its natural resources and its ability to fashion raw materials into manufactured products. But the computer has put a premium on information, not raw materials or manufacturing prowess...
...uses the same digital recording technology that produces the clear tone of the compact disc. And just as the CD sounds better than a regular LP, a DAT tape is a quantum advance from a standard audio tape. The DAT tape is also conveniently small: 2 3/4 in. long, compared with 4 in. for an ordinary cassette. But better sound will initially come at a high price: DAT recorders are expected to run at least $1,000, and prerecorded tapes could cost more than $25. The recorders, along with DAT tapes of everyone from Mozart to | Madonna, could start appearing...
...March 19-20, The Women of Brewster Place: a preacher propositions a woman after his sermon. The next scene features them in a sex act. On an NBC program titled UNSUB, April 7: Bishop Grace murders two teenage girls in his congregation. On NBC's Quantum Leap, April 7: a scene in which the series' hero is preparing for sex with his live-in lover has Amazing Grace playing in the background. On NBC, In the Heat of the Night, Jan. 31: Rev. Haskell, who dies, had been having an adulterous affair with one of his parishioners...