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Issues
June 1974
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
Letters
Search and Discovery
Articles
Public‐interest science—an overview
Physics Today 27 (6), 23–31 (1974);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3128632
Individual scientists and their professional societies are becoming increasingly involved in public debates over the impacts and regulation of technologies.
Working with citizens' groups
Physics Today 27 (6), 32–37 (1974);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3128633
In response to the growing demand for expert technical advice on public‐interest issues, several organizations now offer help to scientists who want to work with citizen‐action groups.
How scientists advise the Congress
Physics Today 27 (6), 38–41 (1974);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3128634
Formal advisory groups are few, but the legislative branch is seeking assistance through informal channels to an increasing extent.
Scientists in state government
Physics Today 27 (6), 43–45 (1974);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3128635
At the state and local levels too, legislators are finding they need informed scientific advice.
Books
Diatomic Interaction Potential Theory: Vol. 1, Fundamentals; Vol. 2, Applications
Physics Today 27 (6), 47–48 (1974);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3128636
APS News
State and Society
Physics Community
We Hear That
Obituaries
Editorial
The lessons learned from ephemeral nuclei
Witold Nazarewicz; Lee G. Sobotka
FYI science policy briefs
Lindsay McKenzie; Jacob Taylor