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January 2015 Newsletter

Volume 44, Number 1

Andrew Zwicker, Editor

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In This Issue

Forum News

  • Nomination of FPS members to APS Fellowship
  • March/April Sessions
  • FPS Election Results

Articles

  • Report from the FPS representative on the Panel on Public Affairs of the APS, Philip Taylor
  • Nuclear Waste Confidence: Is Indefinite Storage Safe?, Robert Vandenbosch and Susanne E. Vandenbosch
  • Obituary for Martin PerlBrian Schwartz

Reviews

  • The Greenest Nation? A New History of German Environmentalism, By Frank UekötterReviewed by Ulrich Harms
  • Marketing the Moon: The Selling of the Apollo Lunar Program, By David Meerman Scott and Richard Jurek, Reviewed by Ronald I. Miller


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.