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January 2012 Newsletter

Volume 41, Number 1

Cameron Reed, Editor

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In This Issue

Forum News

  • P&S Editorial Board
  • Forum Award Recipients
  • Plasma Physics Research Award winner
  • New Fellows Elected
  • Congressional Science Fellowships
  • FPS to Host Sessions at March Meeting
  • FPS to Host Sessions at April Meeting

Letters

  • Smith/Krebs letter exchange

Articles

  • Technical and Policy Issues for Nuclear Weapons Reductions, Jay Davis
  • Physics of the Body Mass Index, S. P. Apell, O. Wahlsten and H. Gawlitza

Reviews

  • Engaging the Public with Climate Change: Behaviour Change and Communication, Reviewed by Peter Schroeder
  • Nuclear Energy: What Everyone Should Know, Reviewed by Frank Lock


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, technicalities are encouraged), 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: Cameron Reed, Alma College, Alma, MI 48801. Assistant Editor: Jonathan Wurtele, UC-Berkeley. Reviews Editor: Art Hobson. Electronic Media Editor: Andrew Post-Zwicker. Editorial Board: Maury GoodmanBarbara LeviDavid Harris. Layout at APS: Leanne Poteet. Website for APS: webmaster@aps.org. Physics and Society can be found on the web.