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April 2015 Newsletter

Volume 44, Number 2

Andrew Zwicker, Editor

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In This Issue

Forum News

  • Request for Suggestions of FPS Invited Sessions and Nominations for Fellowship and Awards
  • Select Talks from FPS Sessions at the APS March Meeting 2015
  • POPA Ready to Hear from APS Membership on Climate Change Statement

Articles

  • Demilitarizing Weapon-grade Plutonium: Part I, Alexander DeVolpi
  • A Zero-Knowledge Protocol for Nuclear Warhead Verification, Hannah Davinroy

Reviews

  • Unmaking the Bomb: A Fissile Material Approach to Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation, Reviewed by Cameron Reed
  • Climate Change: What it Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren, Reviewed by Joe Levinger


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, azwicker@princeton.edu. Assistant Editor: Laura Berzak Hopkin, lfberzak@gmail.com. Reviews Editor: Art Hobson, ahobson@uark.edu. Electronic Media Editor: Matthew Parsons, msp73@drexel.edu. Editorial Board: Maury Goodman, maury.goodman@anl.gov; Richard Wiener, rwiener@rescorp.org, Jeremiah Williams, jwilliams@wittenberg.edu. Layout at APS: Leanne Poteet, poteet@aps.org. Website for APS: webmaster@aps.org.