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March 2002 (Volume 11, Number 3)

March 2002 (Volume 11, Number 3) Entire Issue

Spring 2002 Prizes and Awards

News

Physicists Descend on the "Indy City" for 2002 APS March Meeting
Approximately 5000 APS members will gather to hear the latest research in a broad range of topics in condensed matter and materials physics, and other related fields.

Australian David Harris is New Media Relations Head
APS goes "down under" to find the best man for the job of communicating with the public.

Lower Funding Shocks Education Advocates
House and Senate conferees approve disappointingly low funding for improvements in science and math education.

HEPAP presents Final Long Range Planning Report to DOE, NSF
Final report calls for U.S. to host the next generation electron-positron collider.

APS Goes Global with Two International Conferences
APS fosters international exchange with workshops in Paris, France, and Havana, Cuba.

The Con-Artist Physics of "Ocean's Eleven"
The film's "Z-pinch" plot device really does exist... just not quite the same way it's depicted.

Opinion

Letters
Good Marketing and Self-Delusion Won't Do — Upon Reflection, Spin is not Reversed — Extremist Left-Wing Views Corrected — More on Plurals

Spotlight on the Physics Profession
How Scientists Can Help With K-12 Education

The Back Page
The Role of Science in the National War on Terrorism

Departments

This Month in Physics History
Circa March 1935: Schroedinger's Paradoxical Cat

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

Physics and Technology Forefronts
Plastic Electronics : Going Where Silicon Can't Follow?

Zero Gravity: The Lighter Side of Science
The Story of Schroedinger's Cat (An Epic Poem)

Don't Lose Your Marbles
marbles

Photo Credit: Ed Lee

Here Charles De Leone, Ray Conser, and Melissa Hamilton are engineering an aluminum foil boat to hold as many marbles as possible. They performed this activity as part of the APS-sponsored Lead-Scientist Institute, held in Washington, DC from January 5 through January 9 of this year. This institute brought together 47 scientists and teachers to learn the basics of systemic science education reform in grades K-8. It was the final event in the eight-year run of the Teacher Scientist Alliance project, funded by the Campaign for Physics and directed by Ted Schultz.

See APS News, November 2001;

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