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July 2005 Newsletter

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In This Issue

News

  • Report on Initial Employment in Physics and Astronomy
  • Senator Hutchison Seeks Broader Role for Space Station
  • AAPT Statement on the Teaching of Evolution and Cosmology
  • Does National Security Require or Contradict Scientific Integrity?

Letters

  • Hans Bethe and Nuclear Power by Richard Wilson

Articles

  • The American Physical Society’s Involvement in the Defense of Human Rights, Edward Gerjuoy
  • Einstein, Social Responsibility of Physicists and Human Rights in China, Li-Zhi Fang

Reviews

  • Protecting the Ozone Layer: Science and Strategy, By Edward A. Parson, reviewed by Martin Epstein
  • The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism by Charles D. Ferguson and William C. Potter with Amy Sands, Leonard S. Spector and Fred L. Wehling, reviewed by Forest Rouse
  • Collapse – How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, by Jarid Diamond, reviewed by Peter Schroeder

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.