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DOI: 10.1063/1.3518208
Points of View
Before he was a Physics Today editor, Steve Blau taught physics at a liberal arts college in Wisconsin—and before that, he researched various ramifications of field theory. In “The Path to a Job in Editing, Including Two Roads Not Taken,” Steve looks back at the pros and cons of his three careers.
Stereotactic
Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is a new and effective method for treating cancer with x rays. Physics Today’s online editor, Charles Day, reports on the high-tech advances in beam control, computer modeling, and other areas that underlie SBRT.
The Dayside
In his blog The Dayside, Charles Day writes about climate-change skeptics, manipulating journal impact factors, the molecular underpinnings of color vision, the element palladium, this year’s physics Nobel, and the attractions of working in Singapore.
More about the authors
Charles Day, American Center for Physics, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, Maryland 20740-3842, US .
