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April 2016 Newsletter

Volume 45, Number 2

Andrew Zwicker, Editor

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In This Issue

Letters

  • To the Editor

Forum News

  • Becoming the Next P&S Editor
  • 2016 Prize & Award Recipients
  • Workshop on Physics of Sustainable Energy
  • Election Results
  • Call for Nominations to APS Fellowship
  • FPS Sessions at APS April Meeting 2016
  • Report on APS panel on Public Affairs, Philip Taylor
  • Science Agency Leaders Discussion, Pushpa Bhat

Articles

  • Gravitational Waves Ripple Through House Science Committee, Gregory Mack
  • Lessons in Mixing Science and Policy, Christopher Spitzer
  • A Slightly Random Walk from Physics to Policy and Beyond, Marcius Extavour
  • Fukushima Today: A First-Person Account from the Field and the Conference Table, Subrata Ghoshroy

Reviews

  • Harness the Sun: America's Quest for a Solar-Powered Future, By Philip Warburg, Reviewed by Kenneth S. Mendelson
  • Andrei Sakharov: The Conscience of Humanity, By Sidney D. Drell and George P. Shultz, Reviewed by William H. Ingham

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.