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July 2010 Newsletter

Volume 39, Number 3

Cameron Reed, Editor

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In This Issue

Forum News

  • FPS-Hosted Sessions at the APS March Meeting, Larry Woolf, Brian Schwartz, and Philip Taylor
  • Science Committee Hearing Spotlights Shortage in Critical Isotope, Richard Jones

Letters

  • Letters, Leonard Finegold, Alan K. Harrison

Articles

  • Physics for Future Presidents, Richard A. Muller
  • New START Treaty and Beyond, Pavel Podvig
  • NRC Should Perform Non-Proliferation Assessment of Laser Enrichment Technology, Francis Slakey & Linda Cohen

Commentary

  • Invisible Nukes, Irving A. Lerch
  • NSF Ethics Education Requirements, Marshall Thomsen

Reviews

  • Storms Of My Grandchildren: The truth about the coming climate catastrophe and our last chance to save humanity, Reviewed by Art Hobson
  • Sustainable Energy - without the hot air, Reviewed by Peter Schroeder
  • Earth: The Sequel, The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming, Reviewed by Michael DuVernois
  • More: Population, Nature and What Women Want, 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, technicalities are encouraged), 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: Cameron Reed, Alma College, Alma, MI 48801, reed@alma.edu. Assistant Editor: Jonathan Wurtele, UC-Berkeley, wurtele@berkeley.edu. Reviews Editor: Art Hobson, ahobson@uark.edu. Electronic Media Editor: Andrew Post-Zwicker, azwicker@pppl.gov. Editorial Board: Ruth Howes, rhowes@bsu.edu; Barbara Levi, bglevi@msn.com; David Harris, david.harris@slac.stanford.edu. Layout at APS: Leanne Poteet, poteet@aps.org. Website for APS: webmaster@aps.orgPhysics and Society can be found on the Web.