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October 2007 Newsletter

Volume 36, Number 4

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In This Issue

Forum News

  • Upcoming Forum Election
  • Forum Short Course on Physics of Sustainable Energy
  • Deadline Approaching for AIP State Dept. Fellowship

Articles

  • What Are Nuclear Weapons For?Michael May
  • What are Nuclear Weapons For?John S. Foster, Jr. and Keith B. Payne
  • Nuclear Fuel Banks: A View From the South Fernando de Souza-Barros
  • The Origins of CAFE Allan R. Hoffman
  • The CAFE Formula,David Hafemeister
  • Sputnik – 50 Years LaterAlan J. Scott

Commentary

  • Three Inconvenient Truths,Robert Ehrlich

Reviews

  • Out of the Shadows:Contributions of Twentieth-Century Women to Physics, Edited by Nina Byers and Gary Williams,reviewed by Marty Epstein
  • God: The Failed Hypothesis—How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist, By Victor J. Stenger, reviewed by Lawrence S. Lerner
  • The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, reviewed by Richard Wiener

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.

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