From the Editor

We have in this issue two more articles in the series, started in July, written by recent Forum invited speakers and award recipients. These are the articles by Laura Grego and by Edwin Lyman. We are also announcing in this issue the recipients of two Forum awards. I hope to have articles written by these award winners in a forthcoming issue.

We have also an article by Alvin Sapperstein on a recent controversy concerning peer review which has recently been aired in “The Economist”. I expect there will be more discussion of this issue as the European Community is moving towards making open access mandatory. What will that do to quality control?

We have also several Letters to the Editor, and two book reviews.

Our new media editor, Tabitha Coulter is in the process of organizing and updating the media presence of the newsletter. A news item on her activities is included.

This is your newsletter. We are dependent on contributions from our membership and their friends. I have a very broad definition of what is pertinent to “Physics & Society” and not at all afraid of publishing on unusual or controversial topics.

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.