January 2014 Newsletter

January 2014 Newsletter

Volume 43, Number 1

Andrew Zwicker, Editor

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In This Issue

Forum News

  • Update from the Social Media Coordinator
  • FPS Awards
  • 2013 Fellows
  • FPS Sessions at March and April APS Meetings

Articles

  • A Lesson about Taking Chances, Richard Wiener
  • A Nuclear Bomb Worth More Than its Weight in Gold, Gerald E. Marsh
  • The Elephant in the Room: How OPEC Sets Prices and Limits Carbon Emissions, Alfred Cavallo

Reviews

  • The History and Science of the Manhattan Project, Reviewed by Peter D. Bond
  • The Future, 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), 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.