Inside This Issue:

A Century of Revolution

To Err is Human

Celebrating Achievement in Physics

Spotlight on SPS Outreach

The 2010 Outstanding SPS Advisor

2010 Outstanding SPS Chapters

Elegant Connections

SPS at Meetings

 

About the Cover
In 1911 a loaf of bread was about 8 cents, Cal P. Rodgers made the first transcontinental airplane flight across the United States, and Ernest Rutherford proposed the existence of the atomic nucleus. This year, SPS celebrates the century of revolution that has followed, and the many people, innovations, and discoveries that have brought us to where we are.
Artwork by Tracy Schwab

Editor
Dwight E. Neuenschwander Southern Nazarene University

Assistant Editor
Kendra Redmond

Editorial Assistant
Tracy Schwab

Production & Print
Karol Keane

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Celebrating a Century of Revolution

A Century of Revolution
By Greg Topasna and the 2011 SPS Theme Committee of the SPS National Council

This year marks the one hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the atomic nucleus by Ernest Rutherford. ...In recognition of this remarkable event and the discoveries that have followed, the Society of Physics Students has selected as its 2011 theme “A Century of Revolution.” Throughout the coming year, let us each explore the many remarkable and varied ways nuclear science has benefitted humankind and the possibilities the future may hold. More...

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