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October 2010 Newsletter

Volume 39, Number 4

Cameron Reed, Editor

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In This Issue

Forum News

  • Second Conference on the Physics of Sustainable Energy: Efficiency and Renewables
  • Call for Nominations: Beller and Marshak Endowed Lectureships

Letters

  • Letters, Art Hobson

Articles

  • Why do Terrorist Attacks Satisfy a Scaling Law?, Alvin M. Saperstein
  • Preserving the Manhattan Project, Cynthia C. Kelly

Reviews

  • Nuclear Express: A Political History of the Bomb and its Proliferation, Reviewed by Peter Lerner
  • Am I Making Myself Clear?: A Scientist’s Guide to Talking to the Public, Reviewed by Peter Schroeder
  • Don’t Be Such a Scientist: Talking Substance In an Age of Style, Reviewed by Leonard R. Solon


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.