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April 2009 Newsletter

Volume 38, Number 2

Cameron Reed, Editor

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In This Issue

Articles

  • The Future of US Nuclear Weapons, Richard L. Garwin
  • Changes in the Flow of Energy through the Earth’s Climate System, Kevin E. Trenberth
  • Review of the 2008 APS Energy Study, Energy Future: Think Efficiency, David Hafemeister
  • Comments on Yucca Mountain and Nuclear Energy1, David Bodansky
  • Light Pipes: An FPS Student Fellowship Research Project, Erin Owens

Editorials

  • Cameron Reed Is New Editor of P&S, Barbara G. Levi
  • Editorial, Cameron Reed
  • Statement from the Outgoing Forum Chair, Andrew P. Zwicker
  • Statement from the Incoming Forum Chair, Don Prosnitz

Forum News

  • APS Fellowship, Call for Nominations
  • FPS to Honor Award Winners and New Fellows, APS Denver Meeting

Letters to the Editor

  • Yuca Mountain Standards, Benjamin Ross
  • Climate Change, Vladislav Bevc; Hafemeister & Schwartz Response

Reprints of Interest

  • DOE Report Recommended Increasing Nuclear Waste at Yucca, Rob Boisseau
  • Found Plutonium Reveals Clues to T Plant"s First Run, Annette Cary

Reviews

  • Heat: How to Stop the Planet Burning, By George Monbio, Reviewed By Louis Schwartzkopf
  • Hiroshima: The World’s Bomb, By Andrew J. Rotter, Reviewed By John L. Roeder

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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