Features
Satellite-Observed Changes in the Arctic 
The Arctic has warmed by about 1°C in the past two decades. That time period has seen glaciers retreat, permafrost thaw, snow cover decrease, and ice sheets thin — Josefino C. Comiso and Claire L. Parkinson
Edward Teller's Scientific Life
The young Teller applied the new quantum mechanics theory to understanding molecules. In later years, his interest in nuclear fusion and matter at high energy density meshed naturally with his role in national defense — Stephen B. Libby and Morton S. Weiss
Edward Teller in the Public Arena
Having lived through upheavals in Hungary and Germany between the wars, Teller understood that political and military catastrophes are entirely possible. He was, perhaps, less aware that catastrophe can result from excess as well as inaction — Harold Brown and Michael May
Departments
Physics Update
Reference Frame
Professor Feshbach and his resonance— Daniel Kleppner
Letters
The Brilliant Hallucination of Untested and Unmeasured Theory (Part 1)
The Brilliant Hallucination of Untested and Unmeasured Theory (Part 2)
Carefully Chosen Words on Antievolutionism
Hooke, Newton, and the Trials of Historical Examination
Questioning the Rules in Coastal Erosion
Henderson Mine a Promising Candidate for Underground Lab
Footnotes to the Life of Albert R. Hibbs
Foundational Work in Fermionic Condensates
Search & Discovery
Ultracold Gases of Fermionic Atoms Offer Another Path to Atom Interferometry
One advantage of Fermi gases over Bose−Einstein condensates is the absence of collisions that can destroy an interference pattern.
Reevaluation of Top Quark Data Raises Estimate of Higgs Boson's Mass
An improved method for weighing the heaviest quark promises more stringent tests of particle theory.
Issues & Events
ITER Impasse Illustrates Challenge of Site Selection
The more partners in a project, the more resources available, but the more complicated decision making becomes
Novices and Nobelists Gather in Lindau
The global face of science had lots of smiles at an unusual annual meeting in Germany, on the shores of Lake Constance
Push for Kerry by Scientists Draws Republican Ire
A growing number of politically active scientists, dismayed with how science has fared under the Bush administration, are urging their colleagues to work for John Kerry
Projected R&D Cuts Alarm Science Community
An American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) analysis of the administration's science funding projections portrays a bleak five years for almost all nondefense science funding.
Light and Color for Minority Middle Schoolers
Underrepresented middle-school children are the focus of a new optics outreach program
NIST Opens Highly Controllable Lab Space
NIST hopes to encourage the development of high-tech products by opening a new 50 000-square-meter laboratory not only to its researchers but to hundreds of visitors from academia and industry.
Chu Named Berkeley Lab Director
On 1 August, Chu took the helm of the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, succeeding Charles Shank, who served for 15 years.
Fusion Science Centers Reach Out to Other Fields
This month, the US Department of Energy launches two research centers with members from university, industry, and government labs.
News Notes
PhD revoked
Web Watch
Stellarator News; Visible Earth; NanoFocus
Books
Quantum Mechanics: Fundamentals, K. Gottfried and T.-M. Yan (reviewed by W. Happer)
Jerry Wiesner: Scientist, Statesman, Humanist—Memories and Memoirs, J. Gilman (reviewed by D. D. Johnson)
Electronic Basis of the Strength of Materials, J. Gilman (reviewed by D. D. Johnson)
Quantum Chromodynamics: High Energy Experiments and Theory, G. Dissertori,
I. Knowles, and M. Schmelling (reviewed by B. Grinstein)
New Books
New Products
Focus on Software
We Hear That
AAS Honors Rees and Others
ASA Awards Presented in New York
New Members Join NAS
Yost Is ASA President-Elect
In Brief
Obituaries
Thomas Edward Allibone
Morton Hamermesh
August Carl Helmholz
Ija Pavlovna Ipatova
Mikael Levonovich Ter-Mikaelian
Job Opportunities
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