Listen to Jim Gates, reveal why string theory stretches our imaginations about the nature of reality, on a recent episode of On Being. http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2012/codes-for-reality/gates-symbolsofpower.shtml
Tom Cohen and Paul Lett are among the 149 new Outstanding Referees selected by the editors of the APS journals. Initiated in 2008, the highly selective Outstanding Referee program recognizes scientists who have been exceptionally helpful in assessing manuscripts for publication in the APS journals. Selections are based on two decades of records on the number, quality and timeliness of referee reports.
The 2012 honorees come from 31 different countries, with large contingents from the US, Germany, UK, Canada, and France.
The full list of Outstanding Referees is located at, http://publish.aps.org/OutstandingReferees
James F. Drake has been elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). Only one in a thousand memebers is elected a Fellow each year. Professor Drake will be honored in person at the December 2012 Fall AGU meeting in San Francisco, CA.
The discussion aimed at a non-scientist, non-expert crowd.
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