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July 2004 Newsletter

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In This Issue

Elections

  • Call to the membership for nominations

Articles

  • Counterproliferation and Nonproliferation Backgrounder, Charles D. Ferguson
  • National Academy of Sciences Study on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, David Hafemeister*
  • Purex and Pyro are Not the Same, William H.Hannum, Gerald E. Marsh, and George S. Stanford

Commentary

  • Comment on APS Hydrogen Report, Amory Lovins
  • Radiation Detection at Borders for Homeland Security, Richard Kouzes

Reviews

  • Ivory Bridges - Connecting Science and Society by Gerhard Sonnert, reviewed by Gustaf Mårtensson
  • Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil by David Goodstein, reviewed by Don Lichtenberg
  • The Discovery of Global Warming by Spencer R. Weart, reviewed by Michael 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.