APS Forum on Physics and Society - April 1998

Volume 27, Number 2 Apr 1998

• Letters
  1. Cuban Exchange: V. Bevc, K.C. Hsieh, A. Saperstein
  2. Physicists Haven't Done Much?: M. Sher
• Articles
  
  1. Some Non-Scientific Influences on Radiation Protection Standards and Practice: L.S. Taylor
  2. Can Low-Level Radiation Protect Against Cancer?: L.E. Feinedegen, V.P. Bond, C.A. Sondhaus
  3. The Rise and Fall of the Linear No-Threshold Theory of Radiation Carcinogenesis: M. Pollycove
  4. A Partial Solution to Low-Level Waste Siting: J. Ahearne
• News
  
  1. Leo Szilard Symposium
  2. David Schramm
  3. US-CERN LHC Agreement
  4. Quantum Teleportation
  5. End of the Westinghouse Search for Young American Scientists
  6. Chinese Save American Science
  7. Good News From Washington!
  8. Representative Ehlers on Science Policy
  9. Jack Gibbons Retires, Neal Lane to OSTP, Rita Colwell to NSF
  10. The "Dual Career Couple Problem"
  11. Part-Time/Adjunct Faculty
  12. Radon and Lung Cancer
• Reviews
  1. Science and Religion: An Evolutionary Perspective, by Walter Isard; reviewed by A.M. Saperstein
  2. Particles in our Air: Concentrations and Health Effects, by Richard Wilson and John Spengler; reviewed by R.H. Kummler
  3. Article reviews: from Science, by John Michael Williams