Obama Chooses 2 APS Fellows

Harvard Director to be Science Adviser

APS Fellow John P. Holdren, an international expert on energy and climate change, Professor of Environmental Policy at Harvard, and Director of the Program on Science, Technology and Public Policy at the Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, has been selected by President-Elect Obama to be his Science Adviser and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

  APS Press Release: Holdren Nomination 
  Holdren on Energy Sustainability
  Holdren Speaking on Climate Change

Nobel Physicist for Energy Secretary

Courtesy of LBNL

Nobel Laureate (1997) and LBNL Head Steven Chu has been nominated by President-Elect Obama to be energy secretary. Long concerned about climate change and a strong advocate of multidisciplinary energy science research, Chu is expected to bring a strong emphasis on renewable, carbon-neutral  energy to the DOE.

  APS Press Release: Chu Nomination 
  Chu on Climate Change
  Steven Chu Biography (LBNL)

2008-2009 PhysicsQuest Contest

Over 11,000 Kits Requested

Kerry G. Johnson/APS

PhysicsQuest is a middle school science experiment competition centered on a mystery. APS supplies an instruction book and all equipment necessary to perform the experiments. Although PhysicsQuest registration is now closed, APS members may still order a kit to use with 6th-8th graders. Shown right is the cover of the 2008-2009 PhysicsQuest experiment book. This year's theme centers around the work of Nikola Tesla. Science activities are linked together via the storyline of Tesla's life told in comic book form.

  PhysicsQuest Kit Request 
  PhysicsQuest Kit Booklet (51 pp. PDF)