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July 2003 Newsletter

Volume 32, Number 3

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In This Issue

Forum Matters

  • FPS Executive Committee Meeting, 4/6/03, Andrew Post-Zwicker, Forum Secretary-Treasurer
  • Summary of APS Council Meeting, 4/4/03, Edward Gerjuoy, Forum Councillor

News

  • Low yield Nuclear Warheads
  • UC Must Bid for Los Alamos
  • U.S. Participation in International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)
  • Cosmic Ray Muons versus Terrorism
  • Physical Science - Biological Science Funding Imbalance

Articles

  • U.S. Nuclear Posture: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back, Steve Fetter1
  • Seattle Won a Park in a Battle with a Missile System, Greg Dash

Commentary

  • Comments on the "Nuclear Weapons and Missile Defenses: Current U.S. Policies and Programs" Session of the APS meeting, April 8th 2003, Fay Dowker
  • Letters from Italy: A Physicist's Decision not to Review Papers for Phys. Rev., Daniel Amit

Reviews

  • The New Economy of Nature: The Quest to Make Conservation Profitable, Gretchen C. Daily and Katherine Ellison, reviewed by Marty Epstein
  • Energy and Society (An Introduction), by Harold H. Schobert, reviewed by William J. Makofske

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.