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January 2005 Newsletter

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In This Issue

Forum Affairs

  • Session on “Einstein and Social Responsibility”, APS March meeting in Los Angeles, by Barbara Goss Levi
  • March 2005 Meeting, Invited Paper Session, by Edward Gerjuoy
  • Report on POPA Activities, by Barbara Goss Levi

Commentary

  • Two Brains, by Alvin Saperstein

Articles

  • “Underestimating the Consequences of Use of Nuclear Weapons: Condemned to Repeat the Past’s Errors?”, by Lynn Eden
  • “Another View of the Role of Nuclear Power”, by Richard L. Garwin
  • “Response to Garwin’s Paper”, by William H. Hannum, Gerald E. Marsh, George S. Stanford
  • “Richard Garwin again:”, by Richard L. Garwin
  • “Oil, CO2, and the Potential of Nuclear Energy”, by Robert W. Albrecht and David Bodansky

Reviews

  • The Cosmos in the Light of the Cross, by George Murphy, reviewed by Joe Levinger
  • Creationism’s Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design, by Barbara Forest & Paul R. Gross, reviewed by Lawrence S. Lerner
  • Energy at the Crossroads: Global Perspectives and Uncertainties, by Vaclav Smil, reviewed by Cornelius C. Noack

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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