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April 2003 Newsletter

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In This Issue

News

  • New Co-Editor
  • Publish vs. Perish
  • Controversy: Log vs. Linear Plots
  • Radiological Sciences and WMD
  • Depleted Uranium Contaminates Bosnia-Herzegovina

Articles

  • The Troubled State of U.S. Science Education: Problems and Possible Solutions, DaphneB Burleson
  • Physics on the Subway (with cartoons), Robert H. Romer
  • Securing the Atom-Using Advanced Simulation to Look Ahead to 21st Century Nuclear Energy, Edward D. Arthur
  • Thoughts on Edward Teller’s Memoirs, Donald H. McNeill
  • Why Did Heisenberg go to Copenhagen?Klaus Gottstein

Commentary

  • Call for Nominations
  • Remarks from the Chair, Andy Sessler
  • Nuclear Policing the World, Nina Byers

Letters

  • Dismay with Previous Commentary, Mary Jean Scott
  • Vigorous Exception, Ronald I. Miller
  • Censor Letters?Mordecai-Mark Mac Low
  • You May Not Read Yourself! Karl-Ontjes Groeneveld
  • Risk Assessment/Risk Management, Christopher Gardner and Aviva Brecher
  • Pro Nuclear Power, 
  • Point/No Counterpoint, Bruno Comby

Reviews

  • Brotherhood of the Bomb by Gregg Herken, reviewed by Andrew M.B Sessler
  • A Convenient Spy: Wen Ho Lee and the Politics of Nuclear Espionage by Dan Stober and Ian Hoffman, reviewed by Peter Lerner.
  • Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the 20th Century World, by J.R. McNeill , reviewed by Tina Kaarsberg.

Physics and Society is the non-peer-reviewed quarterly newsletter of the Forum on Physics and Society, a division of the American Physical Society. It presents letters, commentary, book reviews and articles on the relations of physics and the physics community to government and society. It also carries news of the Forum and provides a medium for Forum members to exchange ideas. Opinions expressed are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the APS or of the Forum. Contributed articles (up to 2500 words), letters (500 words), commentary (1000 words), reviews (1000 words) and brief news articles are welcome. Send them to the relevant editor by e-mail (preferred) or regular mail.

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