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January 2009 Newsletter

Volume 38, Number 1

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In This Issue

News

  • FPS Announces 2008 Election Results, Results for Vice-chair, Executive Committee and Representative to POPA
  • FPS-Sponsored Sessions at March and April Meetings, FPS has arranged many sessions of general interest and societal relevance for the two APS meetings this spring.
  • FYI, From the American Institute of Physics

Commentary

  • Advocacy Threatens Scientific Integrity, By Robert E. Levine

Editorial Comments

  • Tribute to the Retiring Editors, By the Executive Committee of the Forum on Physics & Society

Articles

  • The Revised Radiation Protection Standards for the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository, By Robert Vandenbosch and Susanne E. Vandenbosch
  • Issues in the Storage of Electric Power, By Ruth Howes and Sekazi Mtingwa
  • Readiness of the U.S. Nuclear Workforce for 21st Century Challenges, By Sekazi Mtingwa
  • Nuclear Weapons in 21st Century U.S. National Security, Report by a Joint Working Group of AAAS, the American Physical Society, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies

Reviews

  • Disrupting Science: Social Movements, American Scientists, and the Politics of the Military, 1945-1975, By Kelly Moore, Reviewed By Joe Levinger
  • The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth, By Edward O. Wilson, Reviewed By M. A. DuVernois

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.