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December 2004

Volume 57, Issue 12

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The Hydrogen Economy

George W. Crabtree, Mildred S. Dresselhaus, and Michelle V. Buchanan
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If the fuel cell is to become the modern steam engine, basic research must provide breakthroughs in understanding, materials, and design to make a hydrogen‐based energy system a vibrant and competitive force.
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Transforming the Electric Infrastructure

Clark W. Gellings and Kurt E. Yeager
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If the electric power grid is to meet 21st‐century demands, society will need to invest in extensive modernization.

The German Physical Society Under National Socialism

Dieter Hoffmann and Mark Walker
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The history of the German Physical Society from 1933 to 1945 is not the same as a comprehensive history of physics under Adolf Hitler, but it does reflect important aspects of physicists' work and life during the Third Reich.
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Physics Update

Ben Stein, Stephen Benka, and Phil Schewe
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Whence the Force of F  =  ma? II: Rationalizations

Frank Wilczek
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Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Containment Standard a Hot Topic

Dick Schmidt, Thomas Bjerstedt, Wenonah Hauter, Ron Bourgoin, and Cameron Reed
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Probing Pyramids to Identify Internal Structure

Bogdan C. Maglich
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Rømer and the Finite Speed of Light

Fokke Tuinstra
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Clarifying Teller's Science Story

Stephen B. Libby and Morton S. Weiss
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Physics for Third Graders: An Example

Bernard J. Feldman
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When Physicists Volunteer, All Parties Benefit

Virginia Valentine
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Physics Nobel Prize Goes to Gross, Politzer, and Wilczek for Their Discovery of Asymptotic Freedom

Bertram Schwarzschild
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The strongest force in nature has the peculiar property that quarks become oblivious of one another when the distance between them gets small enough.

Magnetoresistive Tunnel Junctions Look Ever More Promising for Magnetic Random Access Memory

Barbara Goss Levi
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Replacing an amorphous insulating barrier with a crystalline barrier has produced a threefold increase in the room‐temperature magnetoresistance.

Thermodynamics Explains the Symmetry of Spherical Viruses

Charles Day
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The protective coats of certain viruses exhibit structures predetermined by mathematics and selected by physics.
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Debate Over Optics in Early Art Is Focus at OSA Gathering

Toni Feder
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The controversy over the use of optical aids by early Renaissance painters is cross‐disciplinary and emotionally charged.

Van Allen, at 90, Sifting Data, Writing Papers, and Enjoying Icon Status

Jim Dawson
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Growing up on a small Iowa farm, James Van Allen enjoyed a “closely knit family which had a strong resemblance to that of earlier pioneer families.” It was that solid beginning that spurred him on to a life of scholarship.

Publishers Experiment With Open‐Access Journals

Paul Guinnessy
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Industrial Physics Forum Spotlights the Information Technology Revolution

Jim Dawson
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Physics Fellows Bring Science to Policymaking

Toni Feder
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Scientists at State

Toni Feder
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News Notes

Toni Feder
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Web Watch

Charles Day
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Is There Really a Cowboy Culture of Arrogance at Los Alamos?

Brad Lee Holian
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A Century of Innovation: Twenty Engineering Achievements that Transformed Our Lives

George Constable, Bob Somerville, and John Lienhard, Reviewer
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Lightning: Physics and Effects

Vladimir A. Rakov, Martin A. Uman, and Yuri P. Raizer, Reviewer
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Once Upon a Universe: Not‐so‐Grimm Tales of Cosmology

Robert Gilmore and Donald Goldsmith, Reviewer
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Capillarity and Wetting Phenomena: Drops, Bubbles, Pearls, Waves

Pierre‐Gilles de Gennes, Françoise Brochard‐Wyart, David Quéré, and Benjamin Widom, Reviewer
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Particle Astrophysics

Donald Perkins and Georg Raffelt, Reviewer
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Rotational Spectroscopy of Diatomic Molecules

John M. Brown, Alan Carrington, and James K. G. Watson, Reviewer
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Stellar Alchemy: The Celestial Origin of Atoms

Michel Cassé and Jay M. Pasachoff, Reviewer
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Principles of Surface Physics

F. Bechstedt and Gabor A. Somorjai, Reviewer
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The Physics of Solar Cells, J. Nelson, and Third Generation Photovoltaics: Advanced Solar Energy Conversion

Jenny Nelson, Martin A. Green, and Mark Ratner, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Laboratory Equipment

Lawrence G. Rubin
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Three Join Other New MacArthur Fellows for 2004

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DOE Presents E. O. Lawrence Award

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APS Names Prizewinners

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ASA Presents Awards at California Meeting

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Medical Physicists Honored by AAPM

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In Brief

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Peter Havas

Harry W. Woodcock and Joshua Goldberg
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Behram N. Kursunoglu

Arnold Perlmutter and Sydney Meshkov
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Edward Bryant Nelson

James A. Van Allen and Edwin Norbeck
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John Beverley Oke

Judith Cohen
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Hugh Campbell Paxton

Norman L. Pruvost and William R. Stratton
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Richard Thomas Robiscoe

John E. Drumheller and William A. Hiscock
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Walter Hugo Stockmayer

Marshall Fixman, Hyuk Yu, and Jane E. G. Lipson
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