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April 2004 Newsletter

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In This Issue

News

  • White House support for fusion energy
  • AGU statement regarding anthropogenic global warming
  • Religion in the classrooms and the AIP
  • Bush: To the Moon and Mars with people
  • NSF funding for the next fiscal year
  • House Science Committee looks at Moon/Mars exploration
  • Senators Mikulski and Bond on NSF funding
  • Charge of White House manipulation of science advisory process

Commentary

  • Physics and Society Travels with Dave, David Hafemeister

Articles

  • Nuclear Dangers in South Asia, Scott D. Sagan
  • Earth vs. Space for Solar Energy, Round Two, Arthur Smith
  • The Logic of Intelligence Failures, Bruce G. Blair

Reviews

  • Climate Protection Strategies for the 21st Century: Kyoto and Beyond; Special Report by the German Advisory Council on Global Change, WBGU, Berlin, reviewed by Art Hobson
  • Where Darwin Meets the Bible: creationists and evolutionists in America, by Larry A. Witham, Oxford University Press, 2002; 344 pages, $30.00 hardcover; ISBN 0-19-515045-7; reviewed by Durruty Jesus de Alba Martinez

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.

Editor: Andrew Zwicker. Assistant Editor: Laura Berzak Hopkins. Reviews Editor: Art Hobson. Electronic Media Editor: Matthew Parsons. Editorial Board: Maury Goodman; Richard Wiener, Jeremiah Williams, Jeremiah Williams. Layout at APS: Leanne Poteet. Website for APS: webmaster@aps.org.