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April 2006 Newsletter

Volume 35, Number 2

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In This Issue

Letters

  • Re: The Hydrogen Economy,Vladislav Bevc
  • Education in Evaluating Theory: E.g., Evolution and Gravitation, Thomas Hanlon
  • Should Physicists be Defending Evolution? John Michael Williams
  • The Question of Evolution Versus Religion Should be a Non-issue, Louis Clavelli.
  • P&S Editor has a Closed Mind,Gordon Freeman

Articles

  • Advanced Nuclear Reactors- their Use in Future Energy Supply, John F. AhearnePhysics of the Body Mass Index, S. P. Apell, O. Wahlsten and H. Gawlitza
  • Bombs, Reprocessing, and Reactor Grade Plutonium, Gerald E. Marsh and George S. Stanford
  • Some Religious Implications of Modern Cosmology, Priscilla Laws

Commentary

  • Hybrid Fusion,Wallace Manheimer
  • Social Responsibility and the Teaching of Quantum Mechanics,Fred Kuttner and Bruce Rosenblum

Reviews

  • Engaging the Public with Climate Change: Behaviour Change and Communication, Reviewed by Peter Schroeder
  • Nuclear Energy: What Everyone Should Know, Reviewed by Frank Lock

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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