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February 2009 (Volume 18, Number 2)

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News

APS Membership Reaches Record High
Increasing numbers of student members drives growth

President Obama Names Harvard Physicist John P. Holdren as Science Adviser
APS Fellow John Holdren to serve as President Obama’s Science Adviser

New Topical Group on Energy Research Proposed
Over 1000 APS members support creation of energy research topical group

Lighting Up Classrooms: 2008 PhysicsQuest Kits Launched
Middle school classes receive experiment kits featuring Nikola Tesla

Education Award Recognizes 2-Year College Workshop Team
APS anounces the recipients of the APS Award for Excellence in Education

The Top Ten Physics News Stories of 2008
Stories were selected by science writers and editors of the American Institute of Physics and of APS as the top ten physics news stories of 2008.

APS Copyright Revision Expands Author Rights
New agreement allows authors to make and hold copyright for derivative works

APS Members Participate in AAAS Meeting
Several APS members to speak at AAAS Annual Meeting in Chicago, February 12-16

Opinion

Letters
Economic Theories not Scientific • Malthus Still Relevant • Correction Offered to Science and History of Cosmic Acceleration • Meeting Planners Need to Think Green

The Back Page
Tough Times

Departments

Members in the Media
As quoted in other publications...

This Month in Physics History
February 1928: Raman Scattering Discovered

Zero Gravity: The Lighter Side of Science
Whatcha doing? Looking at my particle collider . . .

Education Corner
New column features educational programs

Washington Dispatch
A bimonthly update from the APS Office of Public Affairs

International News
Building a research culture in Qatar

Profiles In Versatility
Finding Sanctuary in Faith and Physics

Bang!

Curtis Callan and Jeong Kim Photos by Peter Byron

On December 9, APS presented a plaque to Bell Labs as part of its historic sites initiative. The plaque commemorates the discovery of the Cosmic Background Radiation that provided evidence for the Big Bang. For this discovery, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1978. At the December 9 ceremony, Wilson (top photo) gave a talk, and APS vice-President (now President-elect) Curtis Callan (bottom photo, left) presented the plaque to Bell Labs President Jeong Kim

Keeping Tabs on Publications
POC Commitee (small)

Photo by Ken Cole/APS

On January 8, the Publications Oversight Committee held its first meeting of 2009 at APS, College Park. Larger photo and names of participants.

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