Inside This Issue

Exciting the Imagination

What is Light?

Spotlight on SPS Outreach

Spooky Science

Elegant Connections in Physics: History of Big Bang Cosmology, Part 8: Initial Conditions and Inflation

SPS at Meetings

The World's Highest Intensity Laser

About the Cover
Photographer Dan Tentler captured this stunning image during the 2009 LA Geeks Dinner at the Laserium. The entire laser light show was set to the album Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd.

Photo by Dan Tentler
www.lightbending.net

Editor
Dwight E. Neuenschwander Southern Nazarene University

Editorial Assistants
Tracy Schwab
Kendra Rand

Production & Print
Karol Keane

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LRO Takes Flight

Exciting the Imagination
In January 2010 we set off on a yearlong celebration – the 50th anniversary of the invention of the laser. More...

The History of Cosmology as I Have Lived Through It

Ralph A. Alpher We have been privileged to publish a three-part biography of Ralph Alpher, a founder of Big Bang cosmology, written by his son, Dr. Victor Alpher. We trust you will enjoy this glimpse into the life and work of Ralph A. Alpher.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

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