F O R U M O N P H Y S I C S & S O C I E T Y
of The American Physical Society
July 2002

Volume 31, Number 3 July 2002

• Editor's Comments PDF
  
  
• News from the Chair PDF
  
  
• Articles
  
  1. Does the U.S. Need New Nuclear Weapons?, Frank N. von Hippel PDF
  2. Mine Detection and the Need for New Technology, Patrick Blagden PDF
  3. The Role of Physicists in Counterterrorism, Tony Fainberg PDF
  4. b?Weaponizationb? vs. b?Militarizationb? of Space, Alvin M. Saperstein PDF
  5. The Status of Women in Physics b?" What, Why, and How to Change, Meg Urry PDF
     
     
• Commentaries PDF
  
  1. The Moscow Treaty Will Not Eliminate Weapons or Reduce Arsenals, Joseph Cirincione
  2. Energy Bill Basics, Tina Kaarsberg
     

• Reviews PDF
  1. Megawatts and Megatons: A Turning Point in the Nuclear Age? John F. Ahearne
  2. Space Weapons, Earth Wars, Andrew M. Sessler
  3. Inviting Disaster b?" Lessons from the Edge of Technology: An Inside Look at Catastrophes and Why They Happen, Aviva Brecher
  4. Disciplined Minds, D. Elizabeth Pugel
     
     

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Editor: Al Saperstein, Physics Department, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, (313) 577-2733/ fax (313) 577-3932, ams@physics.wayne.edu. Articles Editor: Betsy Pugel, Loomis Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana IL 61801, pugel@uiuc.edu. Reviews Editor: Art Hobson, Physics Department, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, (501) 575-5918/fax (501) 575-4580, ahobson@uark.edu. Electronic Media Editor: Andrew Post-Zwicker, azwicker@pppl.gov. Web Manager for APS: Joanne Fincham.