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 
January 2004

• 30 Years of APS Congressional Fellows: Looking Back and Looking Forwards, Sherri G. Stephan
• Examining an Alternative Approach to the Science Congressional Fellowship Program: The D.C.-Academia Revolving Door,  David Hafemeister
• Illicit Trafficking of Weapons-Usable Nuclear Material: Facts and Uncertainties, Lyudmila Zaitseva and Friedrich Steinhausler

• Benjamin Franklin – America’s First Civic Scientist, Bo Hammer
• Space Solar Power: An Idea Whose Time Will Never Come? Steve Fetter

• Congressional Fellows Program Honored by Congress
• Final Funding Legislation on Administration's Nuclear Weapons Initiatives

• Win-Win Ecology, by Michael L. Rosenzweig, reviewed by Bernard Cohen
• Report of the American Physical Society Study Group on Boost-phase Intercept Systems for National Missile Defense: Scientific and Technical Issue, by APS Study Group, reviewed by Michael DuVernois
• Freedom Evolves by Daniel C. Dennett, reviewed by Gary Prezeau

• FPS Discussion Board Opens for Business, Tony Nero
• Forum Election Results, Marc Sher
• Energy for Society From Space, Arthur Smith

• The Risks of Nuclear Weapons After the Cold War, W.K.H. Panofsky
• An Alternative Nuclear Posture, Michael May
• Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq, North Korea, and Iran: Hype, Hope, or Hysteria?   Philip E.Coyle, III
• Ballistic missile Defense Revisited, W.K.H. Panofsky
• Protecting Nuclear Material and Facilities: A Standards-Based Approach, Charles D. Ferguson

• Forum "Hijacked" by Moralists?, Bernard White
• Threats to Scientific Collaboration Questionable, Juan Gallardo
• Foreign Opinions Not Unique, Robert Myers
• A Reply, Richard Garwin
• How Much Should be Covered in Inquiry-based Physics Teaching?, Michael Sobel

• Congress Shows Interest in Nuclear Power and Personnel Required to Make it Go
• House Challenges DoD on Need to Speed Up Capabilities for Nuclear Weapons Testing
• House Complains About DoD Process for Determining Need for Nuclear Weapons
• Graduate Research Student Rejected on Non-Academic Grounds