Both the DOE and the NSF reprised their Centennial exhibits at the reception, and NSF had several graduate students and young investigators on hand to explain their research projects. Entitled A Century of Physics , the timeline consists of a series of posters narrating and illustrating the history of physics in the 20th century, presenting an historical and cultural context for may key discoveries and inventions that define the modern era and provide a glimpse of the scientific and technological achievements of the future. Holt, who has long been active as a volunteer in APS outreach activities, decided to run for Congress because of his growing distaste for what he viewed as political infighting and a growing mean-spiritedness in the 104th and 105th Congress. The result was a surprise upset over the incumbent, Republican Michael Pappas. But he is no neophyte when it comes to Capitol Hill, having worked in the early 1980s in the office of Congressman Bob Edgar as a science, defense and education advisor, as well as advising on arms control issues during the Bush administration.
Scientists are in a position to define what is possible.
There are examples where policy makers promote programs that essentially are prohibited by the laws of science. Copyright 1999, The American Physical Society. The APS encourages the redistribution of the materials included in this newsletter provided that attribution to the source is noted and the materials are not truncated or changed.