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PHYSICS and SOCIETY the ~E~SL£TTER of the FORUM on PHYSICS and SOCIETY PHYSICS and SOCIETY THE ~E~SL£TTER OF THE FORUM ON PHYSICS AND SOCIETY. PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY. 335 EAST 45TH ST •• NE~ YORK. NY 10011 -------------------------------------------------------------------~-------- VOLUME 9. NUMBER 1 APRIL. 1980 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE FORUM OFFICERS AND EXECuTIVE COMMITTEE ••••••••••••••••• 2 A FAREwELL ANO A LOOK BACKWARDS. MARTIN L. PERL •••••••• 3 STATEMENT BY THE NEw CHAIRPERSON. BRIAN SCHwARTZ ••••••• 4 ~QRUM SESSIONS AT THE APRIL (MAY) wASHINGTON APS MEETING ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 5 FORUM AWARDS AT TME WASHINGTON APS MEETING •••••••••••••6 FUTURE FORUM SESSIONS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••6 ~OMINATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR FORUM AWARDS •••••••••••• 6 AAAS RESOLUTION ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••1 ACDA OPENINGS •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 7 APS COUNCIL REPORT. EARL CALLEN ••••••••••••••••••••••••1 PQPA REPORT. W. COLGLAZIER. M. MORAVCSIK. L. ROSEN ••••• 9 LETTER TO THE EDITOR. VLADISLAV BEVC •••••••••••••••••• ll A IS FOR ATOM. B IS FOR 80MB. DIETRICH SCHQOEER ••••••• 11 PHYSICS AND SOCIETY EDITOR: JOHN COMMUNITY: ON THE RELATIONS OF DOWLING PHYSICS AND THE PHYSICS COMMUNITY TO GOVERNMENT A~D TO SOCIETY. AND THE PHYSICS AND SOCIETY IS A SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF OUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF THE FORUM ON SCIENTISTS. CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD BE PHYSICS AND SOCIETY. A DIVISION OF SENT TO THE EDITOR: JOHN DOwLING. THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY. THE PHYSICS DEPARTMENT. ~ANSFIELO STATE NEwSLETTER IS DISTRIBUTED FREE TO COLLEGE. MANSFIELD. PA 16933. MEMBERS OF THE FORUM. IT PRESENTS 117-662-4275. NEWS OF THE FORUM AND OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY AND PHYSICS AND SOCIETY IS ALSO PROVIDES A ~EDIUM FOR FORUM MEMBERS DISTRIBUTED FREE TO PHYSICS TO EXCHANGE IDEAS. PHYSICS AND LIBRARIES UPON REQUEST. SUCH SOCIETY ALSO PRESENTS ARTICLES AND REOUESTS AND PECUESTS FOR OTHEP LETTERS ON THE SCIENTIFIC AND INFORMATION SHOULD BE SE~T to THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF THE PHYSICS EDITOR. Forum on Physics &'Society BULK RATE U. s. POSTAGE Physics Depa rtment PAID Mansfield State College Mansfield, Pa. Permit No. 3 Mansfield, Pa. 16933 E!ducational Non-Proflt **** E K H ~ ~ PIS 0 ~4 D~FT PHYSIcs/aSTRONOMY 3RIGHA~ Y~0~G ~NIVEqSITY PQOVO UT (140;2. P~YSICS A~D SOCIETy, VOLU~E 9. NUMBER 1 APRIL.196u PAGE 2 ~E~BEQSHIP IN THE FORUM ON PHYS!CS AND SOCIETY: A~Y APS ~EMBER MAY JOIN THE FORUM SI~oLY BY wRITING T~E FORU~ SECRETARY-TREASURER, DIETRICH SCHROEER. JEPT. OF PHYSICS & ASTRONO~Y. U. OF NORTH CAROLINA. CHAPEL HILL, NC 27514, THERE AQ~ NO FORU~ DuEs FOR APS ME~BE~S THIS YEAR. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~ORUM O~ PHYSICS AND SOCIETy: OFFICERS AND ExECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR 1980 C~AIRPERSON: CAMBRIDGE. MA 02138 (&17'-491-1850 BRIAN 3. SCHwARTZ '-81' SCHOOL OF SCIENCE FRANCIS Law, APS COUNCIL BROOKLY~ COLLEGE (CUNY) DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS BQOOKLY~. NY 11210 MASSACHUSETTS INST. OF TECH. (212)-780-5&87 CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 (&17)-253-3713 VICE-CHAIqpERSON & PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRoEqSO~: PAUL C. MAxwELL ('82. COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY KE~~ET~ w. FORO, ,'82) U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDE~T, NEw ~EXICO WASHI~GTO~, DC 2051S INSTITUTE OF ~INING AND TECHNOLOGY SOCCOq~O, N~ 87801 LEO SARTORI t'81' (5051-B35-5508 U.S. ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMA~E~T AGENCY SECRETAQY-T~EASUR(R 32C 21ST STREET, Nw wASHINGTO~, DC 2C451 DIET~ICH SCHROEER 4'82J (2D2)-&32-7qQ8 DEPART~ENT OF P~YSICS & ASTRONOMY UNIVERSITy OF NORTH CAROLINA MARY L. SHOAF (PAST CHAI~PEPSON' CHAPEL HILL. ~C 27514 P.O. BOX ~51 (919)-933-3019 P~INCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LAB PPINCETON, NJ 08540 EXECUTIvE COMMITTEE: t&OQ'-&83-Z&lS ROBERT N. CAHN (·82) ~ARY BETH STEARNS, APS COU~CIL LAWQENCE-BERKELEY LABORATORY FORD RESEARCH STAFF BERK~LEY, CA 94720 FORO ~OTOR COMPANY 4415J-ij8&-449C DEARBORN. MI _6l21 (313J-323-1714 EDwARD GEQJUOY "81) DEPART~ENT OF PHYSICS OTHER FORUM POSITIONS: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PITTSBu~GH. PA t52&0 ~OHN DOwLI~G. NEwSLETTER EDITOR (412'-&24-4358 DEPARTMENT Of PHYSICS MANSFIELD STATE COLLEGE KRISTL HATHAWAY ('81) MANSFIELD. PA 16933 PHYSICS DEPARTMENT (717'-&&2-4275 AMEqICAN UNIVERSITY wASHI~STON, DC 20jl& JOHN PARMENTOLA, CIFS (202)-b8&-2542 REPRESENTATIVE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS PAUL HORwITZ (PAST CHAIQPERSON) MASSACHUSETTS INST. OF TECHNOLOGY. BOLT. 3ERANEK & NEWMAN CAMBRIDGE. MA 02139 lC MOULTO~ STqEET '&17)-253-5349 P~YSICS A~D SOCIETY. VOLuME 9. ~UMBER 1 APRIL.1980 PAGE 3 STIMULATING AND SUPPORTING THf "A FA~EwELL AND A LOOK 8ACK~APDS" BY INTERESTS OF PHYSICISTS IN THOSE THE PQEVIOUS EDITOQ OF ~HYSICS AND ISSuES .. SOCIETY ~A~TIN L. PEQL. SLAC. STANFOQD. CA 943Cl wE HAVE TRIED TO DO T~[ SAME THING IN ARMS CONTROL: BUT IN THIS THIS ISSU~ OF PHYSZCS AND AREA ~E HAVE FAILED. AS HAS EVERYONE SOCIETy HAS A NEw E:ITC~. JOHN ELSE.. THE OEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DOWLI~G. AFTE~ EIGHT YF0K~ AS BUDGET wILL SOON BE RISING; THE EC), IT 0 q I F EL TIT 'ri AS T!!>! E TOP ASS ~UCLEAR wEAPON SYSTE~S OF TEN YEARS T~IS ~E~SLETTEQ C~ TO rT~E~S. I A~ AGO STILL EXIST; AND NE~ NUCLEAR v:~Y ~L:~S[J T: ~ASS T~' E=ITCRSHIP ~EAPON SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED. C~ Te pCO~E~5C~ DO'riLI~:: ~y VERY I ~AS MORE HOPEFUL ABOUT ARMS B~ST ~IS~~S TO HIM FOR THE SUCCESS CONTROL TEN YfARS AGO. OF PHYSICS AND SOCIETY. CERTAINLY THE MOST UNHAPPY AS I THOUGHT ABOUT _RITING THIS COHPARISO~ wITH TEN YEARS AGO IS IN LAST E~ITO~IAL I BEGAN TO COMPARE OUR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. THEN OUR VITAL THE PQESE~T wITH TEN yEARS AGO wHEN NATIONAL INTEREST WAS IN THE DEFENSE w~ FIQST FOUNDED THE FORUM ON OF SOUTH VIETNAM AGAINST THE P~YSICS AND SOCIETY AND BEGAN TO COMBINED DRIVE OF CHINA A~D NORTH THINK A30UT THIS NEwSLETTER. I VIETNAM TO MAKE SOUTHEAST ASIA A .OULD LI~E TO SHARE THIS COMPARISON­ CO~MUNIST MONOLITH. TODAy OUR VITAL .ITH Y~U. I wONDER IF YOUR NATIONAL INTEREST IS THE PERSIAN COMPAQISON wILL BE VERY DIFFERENT. GULF. THERE IS EVEN A NE~ DOMINO THEORY: FIRST AFGHANISTAN. THEN IN THE PAST TEN YEARS THERE IRAN. THEN THE SHEIKDOMS OF THE HAVE BEE~ TWO ~AJOQ CHANGES IN THE PERSIA GULF AND SAuDI ARABIA. THEN AREAS .ITH .HICH PHYSICS AND SOCIETY IRAO. SYRIA ••• A~D THE FORUM ON PHYSICS AND SOCIETY HAS BEEN CONCERNED. FIRST. THE APS ~HAT HAPPENED TO OUR VITAL HAS FINALLY BECOME CO~FORTABLE wITH NATIONAL INTEREST IN ASIA OF TEN THE CONCEPT THAT IT SHOULD BE YEARS AGO? DURING THOSE TEN YEARS INVOLVED wITH PHYSICS AND SOCIETy CHINA AND vIETNAM HAVE HAD A BORDER ISSUES SUCH AS THE ENVIRONMENT. ARMS ~AR. AND CHINA. THE ~OST POPULOUS CONTROL. AND THE ECONOMIC wELFARE OF COM~UNIST COUNTRY. BECAME FI~ST OUR PHYSICISTS. SECOND. THE ECONOMIC CULTURAL ALLY. THEN OUR POLITICAL AND CAREER SITUATION FOR YOUNG ALLY. AND ~ILL SOON PROBABLY BE OUR PHYSICISTS HAS IMPROVED; MOSTLY MILITARY ALLY. THER~ IS A LESSON BECAUSE STUDE~TS HAVE 8ECO~E AWARE HERE BUT IT SEEMS TO BE TOO OF THE ECO~OMIC AND CAREER REALITIES oescuRE TO BE WIDELY RECOGNIZED. IN PHYSICS. I AM PLEASED THAT UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS NOT A TEXTBOOK PHYSICS AND SOCIETy PLAYED A PART IN EXERCISE FOR THE STUOENT. MILITARY ACHIEVI~S THESE CHANGES. BUDGETS ARE RISING. THERE IS SERIOUS TALK OF A NEw DRAFT. AND EVEN THE DURING THE PA~T TEN YEARS THERE MILDEST ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENT IS HAS BEEN lNCREASING INTEREST IN THE STALEMATED. E~vIRON~ENT BY THE A~ERICAN PEOPLE AND By OuR LOCAL. STATE. AND FEDE~AL PERHAPS THE UNCONSCIOUS REASON GOVER~M~~TS: ALTHOUGH ENERGY FOR MY PASSING ON THE EDITORSHIP IS PQOBLE~S AR~ CERTAI~LY BEGINNING TO THAT I DON·T FEEL I CAN REVERSE THAT TREND. PHYSICS AND ENERGETICALLY BEGIN AGAIN wITH THE SOCIETy A~D THE ~OqUM HAVE ARGUMENTS AND ISSUES OF TEN YEARS CONTRt3UTED INDIRECTLY TO THE AGO. IT IS TIME FOR NEw ~NERGY TO EDUCATIO~ O~ THE PUBLIC AND PUBLIC Bf PUT INTO PHYSICS AND SOCIEIY. OFFICIALS O~ ENVIRO~MENTAL ISSuES BY APRIL.1980 PAGE 5 CASPER (CARLETON COLLEGE). THE FORUM ALWAYS HAS ~EEO FOR DlvISIO~AL COUNCILLOR. wITH ROBERT INCREASED MEMBERSHIP AND ACTIVE ~. CAH~ «U~lvE~SITY O~ CALIFORNIA. PARTICIPANTS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DAVIS) A~D PAUL ~AxwELL (U.S. HOUSE .~ITE TO ~E TO VOLUNTEER YOUR IDEAS CO~~ITTE£ O~ SCIENCE t TECHNOLOGY) AND SERVICE. I wOULD ESPECIALLY ARE THE ~E~ MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIvE LIKE TO INVITE THE NE. YOUNGER COMMITTEE. THE QUALITY OF THE MEMBERS OF APS TO JOIN THE FORUM AND CANDIDAT£S wHO ~ON THE ELECTION AS PARTICIPATE IN DEvELOPI~G NEW wELL AS THOSE WHO RAN wAS INITIATIvES FOR THE FUTURE. OUTSTA~aI~G. THE FO~Uw NEwSLETTER wHICH ~AS EDITED BY ~ARTY PERL. • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• «SLAC) SI~C£ ITS INCEPTION _ILL HAVE A NE. ESITO~ JOHN DOwLING «MANSFIELD WASHINGTON APS SESSIONS: SUBMITTiD STATE COLLE~E). BY BRIAN SCHwARTZ WHILE THERE IS MUCH TO BE PROuD SESSION: "~RMS CONTROL ANO NE. OF I~ TERMS OF THE FORUM·S WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY". TUESDAY. 29 ACHIEvE~£~TS I~ THE 197CS. THIS NEXT APRIL 1980 9:30 ~.M •• CHAI~PERSONS: DECADE IS STARTING OFF wITH MANY NEW LEO SARTORI. PHYSICAL SCI~~CE AND CONCE~~S AS wELL AS UNRESOLVED vlGDOR TEPLITZ. PHYSICAL SCIENCE ISSUES. FOREMOST IS THE ISSUE OF OFFICER U.S. ARMS CONT~Ol AND ~Ew .EAPO~S DEVELOPMENT. ARMS DISARMAMENT AGENCY. CONTROL AND THE INSTABILITY OF THIS ~UCLEAR AGE. EVENTS IN THE PERSIAN 1. "NEw wEAPONS TECHNOLOGY-. DR. GULF AREA ARE RE-ESTABLISHING THE SEY~OUR L. ZEIBERG. DEPUTY ~OOD OF THE COLO WA~ AND RAPID UNDfRSECRETAR~ OF DEFENSE FOR INCREASES IN MILITARY EXPENDITURES. RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING (STRATEGIC ONCE A~AIN THE MILITARY AND AND SPACE SYSTEMS). UNIVERSITY ARE EXAMINING THEIR qELATIO~S~IP FOR THE SUPPORT OF 2. "SALT". U.S. GOvERNMENT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
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