PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

摘要

If you had asked me what one thing caused me most anxiety in accepting the opportunity to become President of the AIP my response would be the pressure to come up with a president's column for each issue of the Physicist. Now I am facing that anxiety. The next problem is to ensure that in this first column I capture your interest sufficiently that you will read this in the future - or write so badly that I will be sure that no-one will read any subsequent contribution! I love to come at a problem in a round-about way which is a bit like creeping up on it from behind, but that is because I am cautious, not scared. So walk with me for a moment so that I can show you where I am coming from, where I am going to and why.