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April 2007 Newsletter

Volume 36, Number 2

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In This Issue

Forum News

  • Election Results
  • Obituary — Mike Casper
  • Statement from Incoming Chair
  • Student Fellowships in Physics and Society

Articles

  • How Much Warhead Reliability Is Enough for a Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty?, David Hafemeister

Commentary

  • If Only Rainwater was Beer, Lowell Grisham
  • Reflections on Being a Second Wife, Carol Oen

News

  • Age Associated Blindness – Self Induced

Reviews

  • The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-first Century by James Howard Kunstler, reviewed by John L. Roeder
  • Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future, by Jeff Goodell, reviewed by Louis Schwartzkopf
  • Living with the Genie: Essays on Technology and the Quest for Human Mastery, edited by Alan Lightman, Daniel Sarewitz, Christina Desser, reviewed by Matthew Sharp

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.