Note from the Editor

In this July issue of the Forum newsletter we have our first ever (as far as I know) interview article. The interviewer is our Assistant Editor, Laura Berzak Hopkins, and the interviewee is David Saltzberg, well known for his work as technical director in the CBS comedy show “The Big Bang Theory”. The depiction of Physics professionals in this show has done much to change the public perception of physicists.

Several other articles in this issue deal with more traditional Forum topics. We have an article by Joshua Pollack on crisis stability: it is based on his presentation at the last March Meeting. Keivan Stassun is the author of the article on advancing minorities and women in PhD programs. We have also an article by Brian Carter on STEM education and one by Manheimer on solar power and climate change. Also, a news item on the March of Science. And our usual quota of book reviews.

Please note that we are still looking for a Media Editor: see the ad in this issue.

We plan to have something special in the October issue in honor of the 150th anniversary of Marie Curie’s birth.

Please continue to send articles and suggestions for articles. This newsletter is to a large extent reader driven. We are very open as to topics and welcome controversy, as I explained in the Editor’s note in the October 2016 issue for details.

Oriol

Oriol T. Valls
University of Minnesota
otvalls@umn.edu

These contributions have not been peer-refereed. They represent solely the view(s) of the author(s) and not necessarily the view of APS.