Physics Today Online - Contents of the December 2001 Issue

Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is calling on the world to tighten security at civilian nuclear plants to avoid their being targeted by terrorists.

CERN Grapples with LHC Cost Hike

Cutbacks, loans, project slowdown, and new money could all contribute to paying the extra costs of the Large Hadron Collider and to restoring CERN's reputation.

Goldin Era Ends at NASA, Canada Picks New Space Chief
Dan Goldin, NASA's longest-serving chief administrator, announced his resignation in mid-October, just days before the results of an investigation into cost overruns of the International Space Station (ISS) were made public.

New Directors for NIST, NOAA
Two veterans of both science and government service were set to become the new directors of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NIST following their nominations by President Bush.

Math Solution to Nobel Problem
Norway has created an international math prize that could achieve Nobel stature.

Physics Societies Seek to Aid Fight against Terrorism
Since the terrorist attacks on 11 September, scientific societies--like individuals and organizations across the country--have been casting about for meaningful ways to help counter terrorism.

Terrorism Sets Agenda for New Congressional Fellows
The 11 September events and the subsequent anthrax attacks have changed the lives of virtually all of the 30 or so scientists who are beginning their yearlong fellowships on Capitol Hill under the sponsorship of a host of scientific societies.

AIP Forum Focuses on Color Digital Documents
Attendees at the annual Industrial Physics Forum, held in Rochester, New York, on 22 and 23 October, were shown the latest developments in color copying technology as they toured the Xerox Corp's Wilson Center for Research and Technology.

News Notes
Future of particle physics
Green light for Wyoming grads
Maple-leaf math
Bell Labs management
Los Alamos Medal

Web Watch
Bizarre Boiling
Antarctica
Shrimpoluminescence

Books
Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time, and the Beauty That Causes Havoc, Arthur I. Miller (reviewed by Stephen G. Brush)

Adventures in the Atomic Age: From Watts to Washington, Glenn T. Seaborg with Eric Seaborg (reviewed by Alvin M. Weinberg)

Molecular Electronic-Structure Theory, Trygve Helgaker, Poul Jørgensen, and Jeppe Olsen (reviewed by Mark A. Ratner)

100 Years of Planck's Quantum, Ian Duck and E. C. G. Sudarshan (reviewed by Dan Greenberger)

Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, edited by Paul Murdin (reviewed by Stephen P. Maran)

East Asian Archaeoastronomy: Historical Records of Astronomical Observations of China, Japan and Korea, Zhentao Xu, David W. Pankenier, and Yaotiao Jiang (reviewed by John Steele)

Atom, Molecule,and Cluster Beams, Hans Pauly (reviewed by James M. Lisy)

For Better or for Worse: The Marriage of Science and Government in the United States, Alfred K. Mann (reviewed by Anita K. Jones)

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