WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITYProfessional Record (Partially Updated July 5, 2017)

NAME: ALVIN M. SAPERSTEIN Social Security No.: Office Address: Home Address:

1500 Chateaufort Place,Detroit MI 48207 Detroit, Michigan 48207

Telephone No.: (313) 393-8616 E-mail a_saperstein@wayne.edu____________________________________________________________________________DEPARTMENT/COLLEGE: Physics/College of Liberal Arts and Science (CLAS)

PRESENT RANK & DATE OF RANK: Professor Emeritus 2011

WSU APPOINTMENT HISTORY:

Year Appointed/Rank: 1963, Assoc. Prof.Year Awarded Tenure: 1966Year Promoted to Associate Professor: 1963Year Promoted to Full Professor: 1967Year Retired (Professor Emeritus): 2011

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DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: 3 June 1930, New York CityCITIZEN OF: U.S.A.__________________________________________________________

EDUCATION: High School: Brooklyn Technical High SchoolBaccalaureate: N.Y.U., New York, N.Y., June 1951Graduate: M.S. 1952, Ph.D. 1956, Yale Univ., New Haven, CTPostgraduate (postdoctoral): Univ. of Mich., Willow Run Lab, 1956-57

Brown Univ., Providence, RI, 1957-59__________________________________________________________

FACULTY and/or RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS

Yale University, 1951-52, Teaching Assistant, 1952-56, Research AssistantWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Summer 1952, Research AssociateUniversity of Michigan, 1956-7, Research AssociateBrown University, 1957-9, Research AssociateUniv. of Buffalo, 1959-62, Assistant ProfessorUniversity of California, Summer 1960,61,62, Research AssociateArgonne National Laboratory, 1962-63, Summer 65, Research AssociateAspen Center for Physics, Summer 1966, 67, 71, 74, 85, Research AssociateStanford Linear Accelerator Center, Summer 1967, Research AssociateInt. Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Summer 1969, Research AssociateNiels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Summer 1970, Research AssociateWeekend College, WSU, 1974-75, ProfessorUniv. College, London, 1969-70, 1976-77, Visiting ProfessorOpen Univ., U.K., 1976-77, 1984, ProfessorUniversity of Washington, Summer 1979, Research AssociateStockholm International Peace Research Institute, 1983, Visiting Research FellowInternational Institute for Strategic Studies, London, 1984, Visiting Research FellowPeace Research Institute of Oslo, 1987, Fulbright Research ScholarMIT/Harvard Summer Program on Nuclear Weapons & Arms Control, June 1988, participantUniv. of Wisconsin-Madison Summer Institute: Regional Conflict and Global Security, July 1989

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Dickinson College Summer Seminar on Teaching Introductory Physics Using Interactive Teaching Methods and Computers, June 1990.UCLA - Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation Summer Seminar: Global Security; The Challenge of Transition, June-July,1990.NSF Faculty Enhancement Program: Transforming Physics Content Using New Technologies; A Leadership Development Workshop, U.S. Air Force Academy, July, 1991.Los Alamos National Laboratory: Visiting Professor, summer 1991.University of Maryland, Department of Physics: Visiting Professor, spring semester 1994.U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency - William Foster Fellow in the Bureau of Strategic and Eurasian Affairs, Washington D.C., Sept.1994-Sept. 1995.Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC, Research Fellow, may, 2001 -April, 2002Federation of American Scientists, Washington, D.C., Research Fellow. April,2002 -August,2002.____________________________________________________

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP(S):

APS, AAPT, AAAS, FAS, UCS, UCAM, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Society for the Study of General Systems, Detroit Metropolitan Area Physics Teachers, Wayne State University Emeritus Academy.__________________________________________________________

HONORS/AWARDS:

Fulbright Research Scholar to Norway, 1987 Danforth Fellow, NSF Faculty Fellowship, Fellow AAAS, Fellow APS, Faculty Research Award WSU, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, etc.NSF Research Grants 1965-71, NSF Grants for High School Student Research Programs,1972-4. Wayne State University Alumni Faculty Service Award, 1991. NSF-Early Alert Initiative: Mathematics and Physics for Rising Seventh Grade Girls, 1993-5 (Co-PI with Prof. Joella Gibson of College of Education). William Foster Fellowship at U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Sept. 1994-Aug.1995.Nominated by APS Exec. to be Centennial Speaker, 1998-Coolidge Scholar-23rd Annual Research Colloquium, CrossCurrents, Union Theological Seminary, July,2006.International Global Education Award, WSU Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, November 2013__________________________________________________________

BIOGRAPHICAL CITATIONS (National/Regional or Professional Directories):

Am. Men & Women of Science, Who's Who in the Midwest, Who's Who in Technology, Who's Who in Society, Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Cutting Edge of Science and Technology, Men of Achievement (Britain).__________________________________________________________

I. TEACHING

A. Years at Wayne State: 49

B. Years at Other Colleges/Universities:

Univ. of Buffalo - 3 years, Univ. of London - 1 1/2 years, Open University, England - 1 1/2yearUniv. of Maryland - 1/2year.

C. Courses Taught

1. Undergraduate: Environmental Physics; Physical Science; Science, Technology & Society; "Physics for Poets"; General Physics; General Physics with Calculus; Mechanics; Thermodynamics & Kinetic Theory; Modern Physics; Understanding Space and Time; Senior Comprehensive Physics Seminar; Nuclear Weapons: Inquiry, Analysis, and Debate; Nuclear War; Intro. to Peace and Conflict Studies; Technology and

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National Security; Honors Seminar: "Analytical Thinking and Socio-Environmental Problems"; Environmental Games and Simulations; Intro. to University & its Libraries. Experimental computer-based lab-discussion General physics at Univ of Maryland; Science, Technology, and War: Technology and National Security; Honors seminar: War against Man and Nature.

2. Political Science 350: The Politics of Climate (Fall 2014)3. Honors Seminar: The Politics of Climate (Fall,2015)4. HIS.PCS.PHY.PS 2510.2020.2440 Sec 001 (COMBINED), Science, Technology, and War (Fall

2016,2017)5. Occasional lectures , “Politics of Climate”, “Nuclear War and Your Future”, to student groups and civic

groups such as SOAR (Society of Active Retirees), WSU Emeritus Academy.

2. Graduate: Quantum Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Mechanics, Nuclear Physics, Statistical Mechanics, Mathematical Physics, Intro to Research Topics Seminar, Physics Graduate Teaching Assistant Training. Graduate Seminar in Political Science: "Dynamical Models of International Relations .

D. Essays/Theses/Dissertations Directed:1. Students by Name, Level, Title of Project, Year:

J. Chalmers, Ph.D., "Consistency of Nucleon-Nucleon Phase Parameters with Nucleon-Nuclear Scattering: A Multiple Scattering Approach", 1967. Currently chair of physics at Univ. of Louisville.

M. Adelberg, Ph.D., "Off-Shell Two-Body T-Matrix in the Nucleon-Nucleus Optical Potential", 1972. Currently at Ford Motor Corp.

D. Schnitzler, Ph.D., "The Reggeized Deck Model Analysis of Some Elementary Particle Production Processes", 1973

B.C. Clark, Ph.D., "Optical Model Partial Wave Analysis of Intermediate Energy Proton- Nucleus Elastic Scattering", 1973. Now distinguished nuclear physicist, professor of physics at Ohio State Univ.

Christer W. Crantz, Ph.D. Committee; Research being directed on Arms Control Verification, Military Expenditures; degree expcted (?)

Ruhan Iskender, M.A. in Pol. Sci: "Can We Predict Events in International Relations?"; 1998.

(7) Yoonnjin Song, PhD in Pol. Sci. Committee “Patterns of Conflict:Nuclear-Weapon Hegemons and Their Clients, and Others in Interstate Dispute Behavior, 1946-2001”, 2012.

E. Course or Curriculum Development:Honors Seminars; Science and Technology Program-Weekend College; Open University(UK) courses

"Space and Time" and "War and Peace in the Nuclear Age"; Environmental Co-Major Program; Physics: Energy in the Environment; Nuclear War; Intro. to Peace and Conflict Studies; Minor and Co-major in Peace & Conflict Studies. Computer and tutorial instruction in introductory physics for engineers at the University of Maryland-College Park. Interactive teaching of "Physics for Poets". Seminar for graduate students of political science on dynamical modeling of war and international relations. Introducing web page interactive questions for interactive learning in “Science. Technology, & War” Course and “Physics for Poets” course. Introducing DoE Energy Web page into Environmental Physics course. Honors seminar: War against Man and Nature, The Politics of Climate. Joint His,PS,PCS,Phy course “Science, Technology, and War.

F. Course Materials (Unpublished): Nuclear War Lectures, Phys 102 Lab Manual__________________________________________________________

II. RESEARCH

A. Research Interests

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Mathematical models of defense and arms race. Chaos. Simple models of random materials. Multiple Scattering in nuclei.. Physics pedogogy.

C. Fellowships/Grants/Special Awards

Open University Consultancy, W.S.U. Faculty Research Award, Fulbright Research Scholarship, MIT/Harvard Summer School Grant; Univ. Wisconsin Summer Institute Grant; Options-National Faculty Speakers Bureau; grants to attend summer workshops at UCLA, Air Force Academy, Dickinson College. William Foster Fellowship-U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Lecture grant - National Defense University.Coolidge Scholar-23rd Annual Research Colloquium, CrossCurrents, Union Theological Seminary, July,2006.

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III. PUBLICATION

A. Scholarly Books Published

1. Authored:

(1) Alvin M. Saperstein; "Physics: Energy in the Environment" -- text published by Little, Brown and Co., Boston, March 1975. Reviewed in Am. J. of Physics 44, 190 (1976) and The Physics Teacher, 376 (Sept. 1976).

(2) Alvin M. Saperstein; "Solutions Manual to Accompany: Physics: Energy in the Environment, Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1975.

(3) Alvin M. Saperstein "Dynamical Models of the Onset of War", Monograph published by World Scientific Publ., Sept. 1999. Reviewed in Physics and Society, January, 2001.

(4) Alvin M. Saperstein. Smart Guide to Energy, under contract with publisher; not yet complete.

2. Co-Authored:

(1) "Understanding Space and Time, A Third Level Course at the Open University", Open University Course Team (including A.M. Saperstein), The Open University Press, Milton Keynes, Great Britain, 1979.

(2) "Conflict and Security in the Nuclear Age" An Interdisciplinary course at The Open University, Open Univ. Course Team (including A.M. Saperstein): The Open University Press, Milton Keynes, Great Britain, 1986.

(3). Encyclopedia of Science and Technology - 9 volumes.(I’ve written the complete Physics Volume), Facts on File, to be published 2011-12. –publisher went bankrupt.

B. Chapters Published

1. Authored:

(1) "Preface", "Intro and Overview", "The Physics of Nuclear Energy", "The Mechanics of Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs", "The Effects of Nuclear Weapons", "Evolution of Strategic Nuclear Warfare", 6 chapters in Nuclear War, ed. by A.M. Saperstein, published by Center for Peace and Conflict Studies. W.S.U., 1983

(2) "Non-provocative Defense and Depletion Zones”, in Defending Europe; Options for Security, edited by Derek Paul, Taylor and Francis, London and Philadelphia, 1985.

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(3) "Provocative Versus Non-Provocative Use of the New Smart Weapons," in Howard F. Didsbury, Jr., Editor, Challenges and Opportunities From Now to 2000, World Future Society, Bethesda, MD, 1986.

(4) "Technology-Generating or Deterring Conflict in Europe", Proceedings of the Second Workshop and Conference of the IFAC Working Group on Supplemental Ways for Improving International Stability, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, June 3-5, 1986.

(5) "Liberal Arts Rationale for Interdisciplinary Nuclear War Courses", in Nuclear War Education ed. Robert Ehrlich, Greenwood Press, Westport, 1987.

(6) "Predictability, Chaos, and the Outbreak of War", in Dissipative Strukturen in Integrierten Systemen, edited by Ali B.Cambel, Bruno Fritsch, Jurgen Keller, Nomos-Publishers, Baden-Baden (West Germany),1989.

(7) "Chaos and the Making of International Security Policy", in The Ubiquity of Chaos, edited by Saul Krasner, AAAS, Washington, D.C.,1990.

(8) "Sovereign Nations as Interacting Molecules", in Essays on Peace Edited by Michael Salla, Walter Tonetto, and Enrique Martinez, University of Central Queensland Press, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 1995.

(9) "The Prediction of Unpredictability: Applications of New Methods of the Physical Sciences to the Old Problem of the Stability of a System of Hostile Nations", in Chaos Theory in the Social Sciences: Foundations and Applications, L. Douglas Kiel and Euel Elliott, editors, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, Jan.1996; paperback, 1997.

(10) "The origins of Order and Disorder in Physical and Social Deterministic Systems", in Chaos, Complexity, and Sociology: Myths, Models, and Theories of Chaos and Complexity in Society, Raymond A. Eve, Sara Horsfall, and Mary E. Lee, editors, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks CA, paperback and hardcover editions, 1997.

(11) "Chaos as a Tool for Understanding the International System", in Routledge Encyclopedia of International Political Economy, to be published March 1999.

(12) "Research Versus Teaching: An Ethical Dilemma for the Academic Physicist", in Ethical Issues in Physics: Workshop II Proceedings, Marshall Thomsen and Bonnie Wylo, Editors, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI,, 1997.

(13) "Complexity, Chaos, and National Security Policy: Metaphors or Tools?", in Complexity, Global Politics, and National Security, edited by David S. Alberts and Thomas J. Czerwinski , National Defense University, Washington, DC, June 1997.

(14) “A Mathematical Model of Suicide Terrorism”, in Terrorism: Motivation, Threats, and Prevention, edited by Adrienne M. Gallore, Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2010.

C. Editorships of Books/Proceedings:

(1) "Nuclear War" a series of lectures, edited by A. M. Saperstein (with 6 chapters by A.M. Saperstein), published by Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, January 1983; second, expanded edition, January 1985.

D. Journal Articles Published

1. Refereed Journals:1. "Formula for Polarization in pp Scattering for P and F Waves", M.H. Hull, Jr., and A.M. Saperstein, Phys. Rev. 96, 806 (1954).

2. "Phase Shifts for Nucleon-Nucleon Scattering 280 at MeV", G. Breit, J.B. Ehrman, A.M. Saperstein, and M.H. Hull, Jr., Phys. Rev. 96, 807 (1954).

3. "High-energy Proton-Proton Scattering and the Levy Potential", M.S. Wertheim, M.H. Hull, Jr., and A.M. Saperstein, Phys. Rev. 104, 764 (1956).

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4. "Boundary Value Treatment of Nucleon-Nucleon Phase Shifts", A.M. Saperstein, and L. Durand, III, Phys. Rev. 104, 1102 (1956).

5. "Elastic Scattering and Polarization of High-Energy Nucleons by Nuclei", A.M. Saperstein and D. Feldman, Nuovo Cim. X, 14, 457 (1959).

6. "Nucleon-Nucleus Scattering and the Choice Between Sets of Nucleon-Nucleon Phase Shifts", A.M. Saperstein, Prog. Theor. Phys. 25, 716 (1961).

7. "The Contribution of Multiple Scattering Within the Nucleus to the Elastic Scattering of Nucleons by Nuclei", A.M. Saperstein, Prog. Theor. Phys. 26, 489 (1961).

8. "Calculation of Deuteron Stripping Amplitudes Using S-Matrix Reduction Techniques", A.M. Saperstein, Phys. Rev. 130, 2054 (1963).

9. "Fairly Low-Energy Pion-Pion Scattering II", A.M. Saperstein and J.L. Uretsky, Phys. Rev. 133, Bl340 (1964).

10. "Pion-Pion Scattering III", A.M. Saperstein, and J.L. Uretsky, Phys. Rev. 140, B352 (1965); Errata: Phys. Rev. 144, 1374 (1966).

11. "An Interaction Radius Approach to Absorptive Corrections in the Peripheral Model of High Energy Physics", A.M. Saperstein, Ann. Phys. 37, 209 (1966).

12. "Dispersion Relation Approach to Absorptive Corrections in the Peripheral Model of High Energy Physics", D. Griffiths and A.M. Saperstein, Nuovo Cim. 43 A, 769 (1966).

13. "Theory of W Production in Nucleon-Nucleon Collisions", F. Chilton, A.M. Saperstein, and E. Schrauner, Phys. Rev. 148, 1380 (1966).

14. "The Generation of Resonances Via Inelastic Effects", Alvin M. Saperstein, Phys. Rev. 155, 1730 (1967).

15. "An Attempt to Fix the Nucleon-Nucleon Parameters by Examining Nucleon-Nucleus Scattering", Joseph S. Chalmers and Alvin M. Saperstein, Phys. Rev. 156, 1099 (1967).

16. "An Absorptive Peripheral Model for Rho-Production in Nucleon-Nucleon Collisions", A.M. Saperstein and E. Schrauner, Phys. Rev. 163, 1559 (1967).

17. "Two-Nucleon Phase Shift Set Discrimination by Means of the Binary Optical Potential", J.S. Chalmers and A.M. Saperstein, Phys. Rev. 168, 1145 (1968).

18. "Calculating the Decay Width of the Rho Meson", A.M. Saperstein, Nuovo Cim., 55A 334 (1968).

19. "University Research Programs for Inner City High School Students", L.O. Roellig, A.M. Saperstein, and M.G. Stewart, The Physics Teacher, 7, 137 (1969): Physics Today, 21, 69 (1968).

20. "The Width of Rho Meson and the Choice Between Different Local Current Algebras", A.M. Saperstein, Nuclear Physics, 11B, 21 (1969).

21. "Evaluating Instruction", Alvin M. Saperstein, Journal of College Science Teaching, 1, 58 (1971).

22. "A Simple Regge-Pole Model for pp", David Griffiths, Alvin M. Saperstein and Donald T. Schnitzler, Nuclear Physics, B34, 397 (1971).

23. "Numerical Aspects of Momentum Space Scattering Equations for Peaked Potentials", Michael Adelberg and Alvin M. Saperstein, Journal of Computational Physics, 9, 398 (1972).

24. "The Off-Shell Two Body T-Matrix in the Nucleon-Nucleus Optical Potential", M.L. Adelberg and A.M. Saperstein, Phys. Rev. C5, 1180 (1972).

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25. "The F1 (1540), Kinematic Enhancement and Resonance?", David Griffiths, Alvin M. Saperstein, and Donald Schnitzler, Nucl. Phys. B44, 21 (1972).

26. "A Reggeized Deck Model for pp p+", David Griffiths, Alvin M. Saperstein and Donald T. Schnitzler, Phys. Rev. D6, 2546 (1972).

27. "Optical Model Partial Wave Analysis of 1 GeV Proton Nucleus Elastic Scattering", B.C. Clark, Robert L. Mercer, D.G. Ravenhall, and A.M. Saperstein, Phys. Rev. C7, 63 (1973).

28. Obtainability of Two-Body Off-Shell Information from Elastic Nucleon Nucleus Scattering at Intermediate Energy", Michael Adelberg and Alvin M. Saperstein, Phys. Rev. C7, 63 (1973).

29. "Precise Single Scattering Optical Potential Fit to 1 GeV p-He Elastic Scattering", Alvin M. Saperstein, Phys. Rev. Lett. 30, 1257 (1973).

30. "Environmental Physics", Alvin M. Saperstein, J. College Science Teaching, 6, 34 (Sept. 1976).

31. "Optical-Model Partial-Wave Analysis of p-4He Elastic Scattering", B.C. Clark, R.L. Mercer, D.H. Ravenhall, and A.M. Saperstein, Phys. Rev. C14, 1878 (1976).

32. "Kinematically Correct Optical Potentials", Alvin M. Saperstein, Annals of Physics, 99, 72 (1976).

33. "Science Teaching at the Open University in Great Britain - A Personal Overview", Alvin M. Saperstein, J. College Science Teaching, 8, 81 (Nov. 1978).

34. "Correspondence Physics: The Teaching of Physics at Britain's Open University", Alvin M. Saperstein, The Physics Teacher, 16, 616 (1978).

35. "On the Validity of the Closure Approximation in Multiple Scattering Theory", Alvin M. Saperstein and Joseph S. Chalmers, Phys. Rev. 19C, 923 (1979).

36. "Glauber Theory and N-N Inelasticity", William A. Freedman and Alvin M. Saperstein, Phys. Rev. 21C, 2098 (1980).

37. "Does Good Science Teaching Contradict the Requirements of Modern Technology?" A.M. Saperstein, J. College of Science Teaching, X, 112, (Nov. 1980).

38. "Why Study Physics", Alvin M. Saperstein, The Physics Teacher, 18, 456 (1980).

39. "Physicists Teaching About War", The Physics Teacher, 21, 470 (1983).

40. "Nuclear War - An Interdisciplinary, Undergraduate Course", J. College Science Teaching, XII, 319 (March/April, 1983).

41. "A Nordic Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone as a (Partial) Depletion Zone", Bull. of Peace Proposals, 14, #4, 1983.

42. "Energy Gaps in One-Dimensional Amorphous Materials: A Disordered Kronig-Penney Model", Alvin M. Saperstein, Am. Jour. Phys., 51, 1127 (1983).

43. "Chaos-A Model for the Outbreak of War", Alvin M. Saperstein, Nature, 309, 303-305 (1984). [This research has been discussed in several international news media and books, including Der Spiegel (Nr. 29,1984 p.128), Die Zeit (Jan.11, 1985,p.58), Westermanns Monatshefte (Marz 3/1985, p.28), Science Digest (July 1985, p.62),Judith Hooper and Dick Teresi, The Three-Pound Universe (Macmillan, N.Y. 1986), and The Economist (U.K. Sept. 8,1984,p.87 ). Resulted in featured published interviews in Science News( featured cover article) Jan.5,1985; Los Angeles Times Jan. 20,1985,p. IV-3; Los Alamos Monitor, April 26,1985, p.1.] Excerpt reprinted in Psychological Perspectives, Spring/Summer 1989 issue.

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44. "New Technology Prospers Best with New Organization: Appropriate Use of Local Personnel in the Defense of Europe", Bull. Peace Proposals, 16, 121 (1985).

45. "Fluid Dynamic and Kinetic Theory Models for a Non-Provocative Land Defense of Central Europe", Alvin M. Saperstein, Am. Jour. Phys., 54 (7), 607-611 (1986).

46. "Predictability, Chaos, and the Transition to War", Bull. Peace Proposals, 17, (No. 1), 87-93, (1986).

47. "Chaos and Determinism", IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 6, pp. 18-24, 1986.

48. "Attrition of Aggressive Armored Forces by Local Militias in a Depletion Zone -- An Enhanced Non-Provocative Defense in Europe", Journal of Peace Research, 24:1, p. 47, March 1987.

49. "Provoking a Discussion on Non-Provocative Defense", Journal of Peace Research, 25:1,p.91, March, 1988.

50. "A Non-linear Dynamical Model of the Impact of S.D.I. on the Arms Race", with co-author Gottfried Mayer-Kress (LANL), Journal of Conflict Resolution, 32, No.4, 636-370, Dec. 1988; this work is discussed in the column "Nonlinear Thinking: Pentagon strategists take heed of a dove's chaotic theories" in Scientific American, p.26, June,1989, and in Science, 7 July 1989,p.28. Extensive excerpts are included in John Casti, Searching for Certainty (William Morrow, N.Y.1990).

51. "Primer on Non-Provocative Defense", Arms Control, 9, No.1, 59-75, May, 1988.

52. "R and D, Testing and Applications in the Arms Race: Narrow Choices, not Wide Bans", Bull. Peace Proposals, 19, No.3/4, 305-316, 1988.

53. "The Prediction of Predictability", Bull. of the Atomic Scientists, 44, 40, October,1988.

54. "Chaos vs. Predictability in Formulating National Security Policy", with G. Mayer-Kress, Am. J. of Physics, 57, 217-223, 1989.

55. "Transcending Nuclear War Education", Peace and Change, 15,#3,240-252, 1990.

56. "The Long Peace - Result of a Bi-Polar Competitive World?”, J. of Conflict Resolution, 35,#,1 68-79, 1991.

57. "Are Democracies More or Less Prone to War? A Dynamical Model Approach", Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 16, #8/9, 213-222, 1992.

58. "Alliance Building vs. Independent Action: A Non-Linear Modeling Approach to Comparative International Stability", J. of Conflict Resolution, 36, #3, 518-545, 1992.

59. "The Use of Physical Concepts Like 'Chaos' and 'Phase Transitions' for Analysis of Social Problems, Like the Transition from Peace to War", Conflict Management and Peace Science, 13, #2,149-177,1994.

60. "Capability and/or Intent: A Mathematical Model to Explore Their Impact Upon International Stability", Synthese, 100 (3),359, September,1994.

61. "Dimensions of Arms Control Verification: the Cold War Experience and the Post-Cold War Era", with Christer Crantz and Frederick Pearson, Contemporary Security Policy, 15 (3),112-27, December,1994.

62. "Learning via study versus learning via growth: the change in understanding of physical concepts resulting from schooling compared with the change resulting from growing", The Physics Teacher, 33 (1), 26-7, January, 1995.

63. "Guest Comment: "Research vs. Teaching - An Ethical Dilemma for the Academic Physicist", American . Journal of Physics, 65, (9), 813-14, Sept, 1997.

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64. “Plutonium -Burn It of Bury It? Using the Richardson Model, and its Non-Linear Extensions, as a ‘Decision Tool’ in Helping to Choose Between the Use and Disposal of Surplus Nuclear Weapons Materials Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, 5, No. 4 (Fall, 1999) [http://www.crp.cornell.edu/peps}.

65. “Nuclear Weapon “Pits”: Burn Them or Bury Them? A Richardsonian Energy Competition Decision Model”, Complex Systems, 12, No. 3, 317 - 338 ( 2000).

66. "Simple Models Suggest Answers to Complex Questions: do We Need Satellite Surveillance for Land Warfare? A Lancastrian View.", Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, 8, No. 1 (Fall & Winter, 2001-2002) [http://www.crp.cornell.edu/peps}.

67. "'The Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend': Dealing with the War-Provoking Rules of intent", Conflict Management and Peace Science, 21, 287-296, Winter, 2004.

68. “Chaos in Models of Arms Races and the Initiation of War”, Complexity, 12, no.3, 22-26, January, 2007.

69. “Mathematical Modeling of the Interaction Between Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism and its Policy Implications”, Complexity. 14, no.1, 45-49, September/October, 2008.

70. "A Comment on the Power Law Relation Between Frequency and Severity of Terrorist Attacks," Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy: Vol. 16 : Iss. 1, Article 7.,(2010). [http://www.bepress.com/peps/vol16/iss1/7]

71.” A Dynamic Model of Suicide Terrorism and Political Mobilization”, Daniel S. Geller and Alvin M. Saperstein, International Political Science Review, Vol.36,562-577, Nov.2015.

3. Other Journals:

1. "Physics and the Human Condition: The Role of Physical Sciences in Liberal Education", A.M. Saperstein, Graduate Comment (Wayne State University) 9, 178 (1966).

2. "A Forum Speakers Bureau", Alvin M. Saperstein, Newsletter of the Forum on Physics and Society, 1, 5 (1972).

3. "Mercury in Benthopelegic Fish", A.M. Saperstein; Science, 180, 133 (1973).

4. "On the Need for a New Inquisition", Alvin M. Saperstein, Bull. Atomic Scientists, 31, No. 6, 10 (June 1975); reprinted in part, National Observer, July 5, 1975.

5. "Ethical Code for Scientists", Alvin M. Saperstein, Physics and Society, 5, 4 (August 1976).

6. "A Problem for Modern Physicists", Focus, Open University Physics Society Newsletter, No. 5, March 1977.

7. "First to Play Cannot Lose', Alvin M. Saperstein, Bull. Atomic Scientists, 36, No. 1, 63 (January 1980).

8. "Meeting the Academic Personality in Academia", Alvin M. Saperstein, Academe, 66, 61 (February 1980).

9. "A Non-Economist Looks at Inflation", Alvin M. Saperstein, Bull. Atomic Scientists, 36 #5, 61 (May, 1980).

10. "Science and Ethics Discussion", with R. Schroeder and A. Jacobs, Journal of Charles Grosberg Religious Center, WSU, Vol. #1, #1, pp.13-28, 1982.

11. Letter to the Editor: "On Science and the Public", Physics and Society, 11, 4 (July 1982).

12. "Morality and the Laws of Thermodynamics" (Guest Opinion), The Physics Teacher, 20, 394 (September 1982).

13. "Ethics in the Classroom" (Point of View), J. College Science Teaching, XII, 10, (September 1982).

14. Letter to the Editor: "Physicists and Nuclear War", Physics Today, October 1982, p. 111.

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15. "Rationality, Passion, and the Nuclear Debate", Letter to the Editor, The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 9, 1983.

16. "Liberal Arts Course on Nuclear War", Physics and Society, October 1983.

17. "No First Use: Yet Another View from Europe", Alvin M. Saperstein, Bull. Atomic Scientists, 40, 63 (January, 1984).

18. Letter "On Comprehensive Test Ban", Physics Today, January 1984.

19. "Non-Provocative Defense of Europe", UCAM Network News, Vol. 5, No. 8, p. 2, November-December 1985.

20. "Star Wars: Five Years Later", interview by Keith Gunter, Detroit Metro Times, March 2-8, 1988.

21. "Provocative And Nonprovocative Options In Europe", Defense & Disarmament Alternatives, 1,;4,p.10, June 1988.

22. "Sovereign Nations as Interacting Molecules", Wayne State Studies in International Relations, 1991.

23. "Decaying From Within", Other Voices (OP-ED), Detroit Free Press, August 21, 1990.

24. "Have Computer Projection System, Will Travel", New Technologies Workshop Newsletter, Vol2#2, Winter 1992.

25. "Mathematics and International Security", Physics and Society, Vol. 21 #3, 14, July 1992.

26. "The Cold War and Predictability in Political Science", Letter to the Editor, The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 12, 1992.

27. "Dimensions of Arms Control Verification: The Cold War Experience and the Post-Cold War Era", with Christer Crantz and Frederic S. Pearson, Program on Mediating Theory and Democratic Systems Occasional Paper Series 93-07, Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Wayne State University, 1993.

28. "Do Portland Science Essays Distort Science?", with Bernard Ortiz de Montellano, Letter to the Editor, Physics Today, August 1993.

29. "Reforming Physics and Physicists for Lean Times", with Marc Ross, Letter to the Editor, Physics Today, November, p.11, 1993. 30. "Should Physics be Diversified or Constrained? How Do We Best Avoid Extinction?", Guest Comment, American Journal of Physics, 62, 107, Feb.1994.

31. "Thoughts on the Use of Dynamical Modeling in History", Contemporary History Institute-Ohio University, Think Piece Series, No. 33, July 1994.

32. "Can Established Physics Faculty Ignore the Difficult Job Situation Confronting their Younger Colleagues?", with Marc Ross, op-ed piece, APS News, March, 1995.

33 "Why No Progress in ABM/TMD Negotiations?", Physics and Society, 24, No.4, 7-8, October, 1995.

34. "War and Chaos", American Scientist, 83, 548-557, November-December,1995.

35. "Demarcation Between Theater Missile Defense and Strategic Missile Defense", Security Dialogue 27(1),110-112, March 1996.

36. "An Academic Visits the Bureaucracy" submitted to Bull. Atomic Sci, February, 1996.

37. "From the Chair: Report and Commentary on the APS Units Convocation", Physics and Society, 25, No..2, 11-12, April, 1996.

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38. "FPS Job and Career Issues", Career Plus, supplement to APS News, April, 1996.

39. "Dynamical Modeling in History", Physics and Society, 26, No.4, 7-8, October, 1997.

40. "Threats to American Preeminence in Innovation", Physics and Society, 33, No.4, October, 2004

41. Two Brains :A No-Brainer, Physics and Society, 34, No.1, January, 2005

42. “Teaching Science to Biblical Literalists”, Academe, January-February, 2007, pp.43-49.

43. “Why do Terrorist Attacks Satisfy a Scaling Law? “ , Physics and Society, 39, No.4, October, 2010.

44. “Reflection on New Technology and “Non-Provocative Defense”, Physics and Society, 39, No.4, October, 2010,

45.” The Iran-U.S. Nuclear Deal: One Year Later, Detroit Jewish News, Sept. 1, 2016, pp. 6-8.

E. Papers Published in Conference Proceedings:

1. Refereed Papers:

"Depletion Zones - An Enhanced Non-Provocative Defense in Europe", paper prepared for SIPRI workshop on Measures to Reduce the Fear of Surprise Attack in Europe, Stockholm, Sweden, 1-3 December 1983.

"Chaotic Systems: A Bi-National Arms Race", Proceedings, Society for General Systems Research, Int. Conf. Los Angeles, May 27-31, 1985, Vol. II, p. 1120.

"Chaos and Determinism: A Paradigm for Future Research on Arms Races and War", IEEE SMC Proceedings, Tucson Meeting, November 13, 1985.

"A Systematic Procedure for Evaluating the Impact of New Security Policies Upon the Maintenance of Peace: S.D.I. vs. Star Wars", by Alvin M. Saperstein and Gottfried Mayer-Kress (Los Alamos), Proceedings, Society for General Systems Research, Int. Conf. Philadelphia, May 1986.

“Mathematical Modeling of the Interaction Between Terrorism and Counter-terrorism”, Jan Tinbergen Peace Science Conference June 26–28, 2006.http://www.prio.no/page/Publication_details//9429/48017.html

G. Abstracts Published in Academic Journals:

1."Analysis of Feshbach-Loman pp Fits", A.M. Saperstein, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. Ser. II, 1, 303 (1956).

2."Possible Explanation of the Reversal of Boundary Layer Transition", A.M. Saperstein, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. Ser. II, 2, 216 (1957).

3."Elastic Scattering and Polarization of High-Energy Nucleons by Nuclei", A.M. Saperstein and D. Feldman, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. Ser. II, 2, 216 (1957).

4."Fairly Low-Energy Pion-Pion Scattering II", A.M. Saperstein and J.L. Uretsky, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. Ser. II, 8, 617 (1963).

5."Theory of W. Boson Production in Nucleon-Nucleon Collisions", F. Chilton, A.M. Saperstein, and E. Shrauner, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. Ser. II, 10, 1123 (1965).

6."Double Scattering Correction to the Optical Potential", J.S. Chalmers and A.M. Saperstein, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 12, 49 (1967).

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7.Invited Paper - "A.P.S. Membership Advisory Committee", Chicago Meeting A.P.S., Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. Ser. II, 19, 42 (1974).

8.Organized and Chaired Session: "Science Museums, Science and Society" - Chicago Meeting, A.P.S. Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. Ser. II, 19, 55 (1974).

9."The Role of Modeling and Predictions in Formulating Security Strategies", Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 30, #1, 31 (1985).

10."Chaos and the Transition From Peace to War", AAAS Annual Meeting Abstracts, 14-19 Jan.1989.

11." Exciting Physical Science Students: Biography and Term Papers", AAPT Summer Meeting Vancouver, Announcer 21, No.2, 69EA7 (1991).

12."Teaching Undergraduate Physics Using Powerful Symbolic Algebra Software", with Gordon J. Aubrecht and Roger A. Freedman, AAPT Summer Meeting Vancouver, Announcer 21, No.2, Addendum GG5 (1991).

13."Teaching Undergraduate Physics Using Powerful Symbolic Algebra Software", Gordon J. Albrecht, Roger A. Freedman, and Alvin M. Saperstein, AAPT Announcer, 21, No.4, 81 (1991).

14."Matrixes of Arms Control Verification: Summarizing the Cold War Experience for the Post-Cold War Era", Bull. Am. Phys. Soc.39, #2, A11 8, 1014 (1994).

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H. Book Reviews Published

1. Academic Journals:

Assorted book reviews for American Scientist years 1957-59.

Joint Book Reviews: "Energy, Vol. 2: Non-Nuclear Energy Technologies and "Energy: The Solar-Hydrogen Alternative", Alvin M. Saperstein, Physics Today, 66 (March 1977).

Film Review - Principles of Lubrication, Alvin M. Saperstein, J. College Science Teaching, 8, 125 (November 1978).

Book Review: "Future Energy Alternatives: Long Range Prospects for America and the World", Alvin M. Saperstein, Physics Today, 55 (December 1978).

Film Review: "Radioactivity and Nuclear Reaction Series", J. College Science Teaching, X, 121 (November 1980).

Book Review: "What to do When the Physics Teacher is Not Always There", Alvin M. Saperstein, The Physics Teacher, 19, 270 (1981).

Film Review: "Accelerated Motion and Angle of Lean", J. College Science Teaching, XI, 320 (March 1982).

Film Review: "Working with Einstein", J. College Science Teaching, XI, 118 (November 1982).

Audio Tapes Reviews: "Einstein", "Pauling", J. College Science Teaching XIV, 143 (November 1981).

Book Review: Weapons and Hope, by Freeman Dyson, Survival Sept./Oct. 1985, p. 254.

Book Review: Nuclear Energy, by Simon Ripen, Choice, March 1985, 304.

Book Review: Nuclear Winter, by Mark Harwell, Choice, April 1985, 319.

Book Review: The Environmental Effects of Nuclear War, ed. by Julius London and Gilbert F. White, Choice, Sept. 1985, 297.

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Book Review: Endangered by Science?, by Albert Jacquard, Choice, Feb. 1986, 266.

Book Review: The Three Mile Island Accident: Diagnosis and Prognosis, ed. by L.M. Toth, et.al., Choice, May 1986, 275.

Book Review: Planet Earth in Jeopardy: Environmental Consequences of Nuclear War, by Lydia Dotto, Choice, September 1986, 367.

Book Review: Reinventing Technology: Policies for Democratic Values, by Michael Goldhaber, Choice, November 1986, 306.

Book Review: Nuclear Winter, Deterrence and the Prevention of Nuclear War, ed. by Peter C. Sederberg, Choice, January 1987, 256.

Book Review: Our Radiant World, by David W. Lillie, Choice, April, 1987, 288.

Book Review: Safety Second: The NRC and America's Nuclear Power Plants, by Michelle Adato, et.al., Choice, May 1987, 259.

Book Review: Weaponry in Space: The Dilemma of Security, ed. by Yeugeni Velikhov, Roald Sagdeev, and Andrei Kokoshin, Choice, July-Aug. 1987, 296.

Book Review: Science Between the Superpowers, by Yakov M. Rabkin, Choice, Nov., 1988,301.

Book Review: The Defense of Western Europe, ed. by Levis Gann, Journal of Peace Research, 25, No.1, 103, 1988.

Book Review: The Uncertain Course. New Weapons, Strategies and Mind Sets, ed. by Carl Jacobsen, Journal of Peace Research, 25, No. 1, 104,1988.

Book Review: Synthetic fuel technology development in the United States: a retrospective assessment, by Michael Crow et al., Choice, May 1989,305.

Book Review: The demise of nuclear energy?: lessons for democratic control of technology, by Joseph G. Morone and Edward J. Woodhouse, Choice, July,1989, 348.

Book Review: Appropriate technology in industrialized countries, Ed. by Willem Riedijk, Jan Boes, and Wim Ravesteijn, Choice, May, 1990, 27-5110.

Book Review: Technology, Values and Society; Social Forces in Technological Change, by Mitra Das and Shirley Kolack, Choice, June, 1990, 298.

Book Review: Turning the world inside out and 174 other simple physics demonstrations, by Robert Ehrlich, Choice, Feb. 1991,351.

Book Review: Radiation exchange: an introduction, by Jack H. Taylor, Choice, Feb. 1991,354.

Book Review: A path where no man thought: nuclear winter and the end of the arms race, by Carl Sagan and Richard Turco, Choice, May 1991, 275.

Book Review: Sunken nuclear submarines: a threat to the environment?, by Viking Olver Eriksen, Choice, Sept. 1991, 331.

Book Review: Non-linear phenomena in science and engineering, by G. Rowlands, Choice, 1992.

Book Review: Complex cleanup: the environmental legacy of nuclear weapons production, Congress of the United States, Office of Technology Assessment, Choice, May, 1992, 370.

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Book Review: In the servitude of power, energy and civilization through the ages, by Jean-Claude Debeir, Jean-Paul Deleage, and Daniel Hemery, Choice, July/August, 1992, 310.

Book Review: Containing the atom: nuclear regulation in a changing environment,1963-1971, by J. Samuel Walker, Choice, March 1993, 329.

Book Review: Banning chemical weapons: the scientific background, by Hugh D. Crone, Choice, June 1993, 274.

Book Review: Fantastic voyage: learning science through science fiction films, by Leroy W. Dubeck, Suzanne E. Moshier, and Judith E. Boss, Choice, March, 1994,296.

Book Review: Environmental Physics, by Egbert Boeker and Rienk van Grondelle, Choice, Sept. 1995 Vol. 33 No. 1.

Book Review: The enemy within: the high cost of living near nuclear reactors: breast cancer, AIDS, low birth weights, and other radiation-induced immune deficiency effects, by Jay M. Gould et al, Choice, December 1996 Vol.34 No.4.

Book Review: Nuclear Rites: A Weapons Laboratory at the End of the Cold War, by Hugh Gusterson. Choice, March 1997, Vol. 34 No.7.

Book Review: Introduction to Nonlinear Physics, ed by Lui Lam. Choice, June 1997 34-5745.

Book Review: Conversations with the Sphinx: Paradoxes in Physics, by Etienne Klein. Choice, September 1997 35-0350

Book Review: Thinking in Complexity: the Complex Dynamics of Matter, Mind, and Mankind, by Klaus Mainzer. Choice, October 1997 35-0871.

Academic reviewer, 1995-6: Science Plus-Technology and Society, Holt, Rinehart, Winston, Austin, TX, 1997

Book Review: Science and Religion: An Evolutionary Perspective, by Walter Isard. Physics and Society, April,1998, 27, No. 2, pp.

Book Review: The Cambridge Quintet: A Work of Scientific Speculation, by John L. Casti, Physics Today, December 1998, 54-5.

Book Review: About Face: cleanup, conflict, and new directions on Cape Cod, ed. by Hamilton Kahn. Choice, January, 1999. 36-2740.

Book Review: Explaining chaos, by Peter Smith. Choice, May, 1999 36-5144.

Book Review: Reason Enough to Hope: America and the World of the 21st Century, by Philip Morrison & Kosta Tsipis, Physics and Society, July, 1999, 28, No. 3, 15.

Book Review: Historical Encyclopedia of Atomic Energy, by Stephen E. Atkins. Choice, July/August, 2000, 37-6000.

Book Review: Controversy and Consensus: Nuclear Beta Decay,1911-1934, ed. by Finn Aaserud et al. Choice, September 2000 38-0354.

Book Review: The Nuclear Muse:Literature, Physics, and the First Atomic Bombs, by John Canady, Choice, February 2001 38-3385.

Book Review: The APS’s DEW Study: Genesis, Influence on SDI, and Lessons for Renewed APS Involvment During the George W. Bush Administration, by Bernd W. Kubbig, Physics and Society, April, 2001.

Book Review: World in Process Creativity and Interconnection in the New Physics, by John A. Jungerman, Choice, May 2001 38-5071.

Book Review: Sleeping With Extra-Terrestrials: the Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety., by Wendy Kaminer, Physics and Society, July, 2001.

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Book Review: Chaos and Harmony: Perspectives on Scientific Revolutions of the Twentieth Century, by Xuan Thuan Trinh, Choice, July 2001 38-6158.

Book Review: Amchitka and the bomb: nuclear testing in Alaska, by Dean W. Kohlhoff, Choice, February 2003, 40-3375

Book Review: Tritium on ice: the dangerous new alliance of nuclear weapons and nuclear power, by Kenneth D Bergeron, Choice, March 2003, 40-4035

Book Review: Introduction to liquid state physics, by N.H. March and M.P. Tosi, Choice, May 2003, 40-5259.

Book Review: Fundamentals of beam physics by J.B. Rosenzweig, Choice, May, 2004, 41-5351.

Book Review: Historical dynamics: why states rise and fall by Peter Turchin , Choice, June 2004, 41-5964.

Internet Resource Review: Science Daily Magazine. URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com , Choice, December, 2004, [E] 42-2182

Internet Resource Review: Science Netlinks. URL: http://www.sciencenetlinks.com, Choice, December, 2004, [E] 42-

Book Review: Growing explanations: historical perspectives on recent science , Ed. by M. Norton Wise, Choice, June 2005, 42-5822.

Book Review: Springer handbook of atomic, molecular, and optical physics, ed. by Gordon W.F. Drake. Choice, June 2006, 43-5953.

Book Review: Physics demonstrations: a sourcebook for teachers of physics, by Julien Clinton Sprott, Choice, July 2006, 43-6590

Internet Resource Review: The Official string theory Website. URL: http://www.superstringtheory.com/ Choice, September 2006 , [E] 44-0371

Book Review: World energy outlook. 2006 ed. International Energy Agency, 2006; Choice, June 2007 ; 44-5668

Book Review: Science in flux: NASA's nuclear program at Plum Brook Station, 1955-2005, by Bowles, Mark D.. NASA, 2006. 335p bibl index . Choice, Sept. 2007; 45-0244 .

Book Review: Calculated Risks: highly radioactive waste and homeland security., by Kenneth A. Rogers and Marvin G. Kingsley. Choice, July 2008, 45-6451.

Book Review: America's first lost nuclear weapon, by Norman S. Leach, Choice, August 2008, 45-6750.

Book Review: A Focus of Discoveries., by Rudolph Huebener and Heinz Luebbig. Choice, January 2009, 46-2728.

Book Review: . A life in twilight: the final years of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Mark Wolverton, Choice, April 2009, 46-4508 .

Book Review: Trafficking materials and gendered experimental practices: radium research in early 20th century Vienna, by Maria Rentetzi, Choice, September 2009,47-0240.

Book Review: Quantum theory: a philosopher's overview, by Salvator Cannavo Choice, September 2009, 47-0341.

Book Review: Beyond Uncertainty; Heisenberg, Quantum Physics, and the Bomb, by David Cassidy, Physics Today, January, 2010, pp.49-50.

Book Review: Beyond Uncertainty; Heisenberg, Quantum Physics, and the Bomb, by David Cassidy, Physics and Society, April, 2010, pp.20-21 (longer version of Physics Today review).

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Book Review: Energy, environment and development, by José Goldemberg and Oswaldo Lucon, Choice, June 2010, 47-5600.

Book Review:  Everywhere and everywhen: adventures in physics and philosophy, by Nick Huggett, Choice, Oct., 2010 48-0930

Book Review: Judging Edward Teller:a closer look at one of the most influential scientists of the twentieth century, by Istvan Hargittai, Choice, Nov. 2010

Book Review: The logical leap: induction in physics, by David Harriman, Choice, March 2011, 48-3933

Book Review: Wizards, Aliens, and Starships: Physics and Math in Fantasy and Science, by Charles L. Adler, Choice, March 2014

Book Review: Commonly Asked Questions in Physics, by Andrew Rex, Choice, April 2014

Book Review: The Age of Radiance, The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era, by Craig Nelson,   Physics Today,    September 2014, p.45.  

Book Review: The Beauty of Physics, A.R.P. Rau,, Choice, December 2014   

Book Review: A chorus of bells and other scientific inquiries. By Jeremy Bernstein. Choice, March 2015.

Book Review: Scientists at war: the ethics of Cold War weapons research. By Sarah Bridger Harvard, 2015. Choice, August 2015

Book Review: The Ethics of Nuclear Energy, edited by Behnam Taebi and Sabine Roeser, Choice, March ,2016

Book Review: The Collapse of Western Civilization, By Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, Columbia University Press, 2014. History of Physics Newsletter, Spring, 2016..

Book Review: Chaos imagined: literature, art, science. By Meisel, Martin,  Columbia, 2016, Choice, August 2016

Book Review: Frackopoly: the battle for the future of energy and the environment, by Wenonah Hauter, New Press,2016, Choice, October, 2016.

Book Review: Lessons learned from the Fukushima nuclear accident for improving safety and security of U.S. nuclear plants: phase 2 . National Academies Press, 2016, Choice, January 2017.

Book Review: Science, risk, and policy, by Knight, Andrew J,  Routledge, 2016, Choice, March 2017.

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L. Papers Presented

1. Invited and/or Refereed Internationally or Nationally

"Stability of Cylindrical Plasmas for Axial Perturbation Wavelengths Less Than the Radial Thickness of the Equilibrium Plasma", A.M. Saperstein, Univ. of California, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Report, UCRL-6585 (1961).

"Orbital Analysis of Stability for a Zero Thickness, Infinite Length 'E-Layer'", A.M. Saperstein, Univ. of California, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Report, UCRL-7046-T (1962).

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"Resonance Theory of Nuclear Reaction Without Boundary Conditions", A.M. Saperstein, Argonne National Laboratory, ANL-6679, 69 (1953).

"Interpretation of Experiements on W. Production in Nucleon-Nucleon Collisions", Frank Chilton, A.M. Saperstein, E. Shrauner, Int. Conference on Weak Interactions, Argonne Nat. Lab., Oct. 25, 1965.

"A Comment on Field-Current Identities for Axial-Vector Fields and the KSFR Relation", A.M. Saperstein and A. Rable, International Center for Theoretical Physics Ic/69/110 (1969).

"Report on the Detroit Experimental Session of the American Physical Societies Membership Advising Committee Program", Alvin M. Saperstein, (A working report for the A.P.S., 1973).

"Invited Paper - "The Social Responsibility of a Scientist", National Association of Science Teachers, Los Angeles, March 1975.

Invited Paper - "Ethics in the Classroom-Morality and the Laws of Thermodynamics", abstract printed in proceedings of International Energy Education Conference, Providence, RI, August 1981.

"Liberal Arts Courses on Nuclear War", invited talk given at national meeting of American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, Detroit, June 1983.

"Session Rapporteur, Stockholm Conference on Common Security, Sept. 1983.

"Depletion Zones-An Enhanced Non-Provocative Defense in Europe", paper prepared for SIPRI workshop on Measures to Reduce the Fear of Surprise Attack in Europe, Stockholm, Sweden, 1-3 December 1983.

"Non-Provocative Defense", Adult College, The Univ. of Leicester, U.K., 9 April 1984.

"Depletion-Zones: An enhanced non-provocative defense in Europe", Naturwissenschaftler fur Frieden und Abrustung, University of Bremen, BRG, 12 June 1984.

"Armed Militias in the Defense of Europe", Evesham CND, U.K., 3 July 1984.

"Non-Provocative Defense and Disengagement Zones", A Conference Talk, Univ. of Toronto, 7 May 1985.

"Chaotic Systems: A Bi-National Arms Race", 29th Annual Conference Meeting, Society for General System Research, Los Angeles, CA, 27-31 May 1985.

"Liberal Arts Rationale for Interdisciplinary Nuclear War Courses", invited talk at Nuclear War Education Conference, George Mason University, April 10-12, 1986.

"Systematic Procedure for Evaluating the Impact of New Security Policies Upon the Maintenance of Peace: S.D.I. vs Star Wars", 30th Annual Meeting Society for General Systems Research, Univ. of Pennslyvania, Philadelphia, PA, 27 May 1986.

"Technology-Resolver or Exacerbator of Conflict? Provocative vs. Non-Provocative Use of the New Smart Weapons: Organization Makes the Difference. Second Workshop and Conference of the IFAC Working Group on Supplemental Ways for Improving International Stability, Case Western Reserve University, 3 June 1986.

"Modelling Processes of Structural Change in Social Systems", First Workshop, sponsored by Max-Planck Society, Bunderswehrhochschule Munchen, and MBB, Starnberg - Neiderpocking, W. Germany, 17 July-31 1986. One of 3 American participants among the 30 invitees.

"Non-Provocative Defense", Twenty-Second North American Peace Science Conference, Peace Science Society (International) Wayne State University, Nov. 10-12, 1986.

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"Nuclear War Education and Interdisciplinary General Education: A Focus for the Unfocused", Eighth Annual Conference, Association for Integrative Studies, Bowling Green State Univ., Nov. 14-16, 1986.

"Non-Provocative Defense to Europe: New Technologies and New Organization", International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), 10 September 1987.

"Chaos and the Institution of War", Vitenskap Og Ansvar I Atomalderen, Univ. of Oslo, 22 Sept. 1987.

"Chaos and the Outbreak of War", Naturwissenschaftler Initiative, "Verantwortung fur der Frieden", University of Bremen, 28 Sept. 1987.

"Chaos and the Outbreak of War", International Workshop on Dissipative Structures in Integrated Systems: Economic-Ecologic Interfaces, University of Mannheim, 29 September to 1 October 1987.

"Chaos and the Transition from Peace to War", topical conference on "Chaos" at joint meeting of Am. Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, Am. Physical Society, Am. Assoc. of Physics Teachers, San Francisco, 14-19 January,1989. Talk led to article in San Francisco Chronicle, radio interviews with Radio Stockholm and Canadian Broadcasting Corp., interviews with Newsday and Los Alamos Monitor(1/18/89). Resulting telephone interview with Scientific American led to column "Nonlinear Thinking: Pentagon strategists take heed of a dove's chaotic theories", p.26,June 1989. Also item in "Research News", Science, 7 July,1989, p.28.

"Transcending Nuclear War Education", invited talk at Nuclear War and Peace Education Conference, George Mason University, June 2-4, 1989.

"Chaos and Decision Making", invited seminar at Mitre Corp. Washington D.C., June 5, 1989.

"Exciting Physical Science Students:Biography and Term Papers", summer meeting of AAPT, Vancouver, B.C. June, 1991.

"Teaching Unergraduate Physics Using Powerful Symbolic Algebra Software", with Gordon J. Aubrecht and Roger A. Freedman, summer meeting of AAPT, Vancouver, B.C. June, 1991.

"Does Chaos Predict Answers to Political Questions?", invited seminar at Center for National Security Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, July 25, 1991.

"Chaos: A Paradigm for Addressing Crucial Questions in International Security Theory", Peace Science Society (International), Ann Arbor, MI, Dec.15-17,1991.

"Teaching Undergraduate Physics Using Powerful Symbolic Algebra Software", with Gordon J. Aubrecht and Roger A. Freedman, winter meeting of AAPT, Orlando, Fl. Jan., 1992.U

Invited presentation: "The Use of Physical Concepts, Like 'Chaos' and 'Phase transitions' for Analysis of Social Problems, Like the Transition from Peace to War", Fourth World Peace Science Congress, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 18-20, 1992.

Physikalisches Kolloquium: "Non-Linear Dynamical Systems and International Security", Universitat Bremen, 21 Mai 1992.

"Non-Linear Dynamical Systems and International Security", a Physics Dept. and Peace Centre Seminar, Eindhoven University of Technology, 4 June 1992.

"The Lessons of Nuclear Verification Techniques for Conventional Arms Control Regimes", with Frederic Pearson and Christer Crantz, Peace Science Society (International), Pittsburgh, PA, Nov.13-15, 1992.

"Static vs. Dynamic Modling in International Security Studies", Peace Science Society (International), Syracuse, N.Y., Nov. 12-14, 1993.

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Invited Paneslist in Workshop on Chaos and Complexity in History supported by MacArthur Foundation. Ohio University, May 1994.

Invited speaker, Univ. of Texas at Dallas conference: "Evolving Compexity: Challenges to Society, Economy, and the Individual", Nov. 18-19, 1994.

"Demarcation Between Theater Missile Defense and Strategic Missile Defense", Peace Science Society (International), Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 13-15, 1995.

Invited presentation: "Mathematical Models of Arms Races: Military Capability, Verification, Inter-nation Intent, and International Trade", Fifth World Peace Science Congress, The Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 2-5,1996.

"Research vs Teaching: An Ethical Dilemma for Academic Physicists", invited paper for NSF sponsored Ethical Issues in Physics Workshop, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, July 19-20, 1996.

"Complexity, Chaos, and National Security Policy: Metaphors or Tools?", invited paper for National Defense University/Rand Corporation Conference: Complexity, Global Politics and National Security, NDU, Ft. McNair, Washington, D.C. November 13-14, 1996

"Chaos and the Making of International Relations Policy", invited speaker (2 lectures, 1 seminar) in "Strategic Environment" course, USAF Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama, Oct. 9, 1997.

"Luddites vs Panglossians: Using Richardson to Decide Whether Nuclear Capabilities enhance or Detract from International Stability", invited paper at Peace Science International /ECAARCongress,. Centre for Applied Economic Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 16-18 December, 1997.

Nominated to be "APS Centenial Speaker", 1998-99 by APS President, 10/10/97

“Nuclear Weapon ‘Pits’: Burn Them or Bury Them? A Richardsonian Energy Competition Decision Model “, invited paper for Sixth World Peace Science Congress, The Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 24-26,1999.

"The 'Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend' is the Enemy", invited paper for European Peace Science Congress, The Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 1-3, 2003,.

“Chaos in Models of Arms Races and War”, invited plenary paper at conference “Understanding Complexity”, University of Illinois, Chanpaign-Urbans, May, 2006.

“Modeling Terrorism”, invited paper, Tinbergan conference, Univ. of Amsterdam, June, 2006.

2. Invited and/or Refereed Locally/Regionally:

"Calculation of the Production Ratio Using the Gursey Lagrangian and Relativisitic Perturbation Theory", A.M. Saperstein, Tri. Univ. Physics Conference, University of Western Ontario, October (1959).

Invited Paper - "Science Teaching at the British Open University", Michigan Meeting of A.A.P.T., March 1978.

Talk - "Morality and the Second Law of Thermodynamics", - Detroit Metropolitan Area Physics Teachers, December 1980.

Talk - "Morality and the Second Law", Annual Meeting, Michigan Section, A.A.P.T., November 7, 1981.

Invited 90 minute Talk: "Nuclear Power-Pro and Con", Annual Science and Mathematics Conference - Metropolitan Detroit Science Teachers Association and the Detroit Area Council of Teachers of Mathematics, November 13, 1982.

"Iterative Approach to Physics Using Symbolic Computation Software", Fall Meeting, Michigan Section, A.A.P.T., Albion College, November 3, 1990.

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"Exciting Physical Science Students:Biography and Term Papers", Spring Meeting, Michigan Section, A.A.P.T., Lawrence Technological University, April 20, 1991.

"What's to be Taught in College 'Baby Physics'?", Fall Meeting, Michigan Section, A.A.P.T., Michigan State University, October 26, 1991.

Forum Panelist: "What's to be Taught in College 'Baby Physics'?", Spring Meeting, Michigan Section, A.A.P.T., Ferris State University, April 4, 1992.

“non-Linear Dynamical Systems anmd International Security”, Physikalisches Kolloquium, Universitat Bremen, May 21, 1992.

"Technical Background to Nuclear Proliferation Issues", presentation at conference: "The Future of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Negotiations", Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Wayne State Univ., October 26, 1995.

"Avoiding Student Passivity in and Old-Fashioned College Classroom", Spring Meeting, Michigan Section, A.A.P.T., Delta College, April 12, 1997.

Forum Panelist: "NATO Enlargement", (response to J.D. Rosner-Sec. of State for NATO Enlargement Ratification) sponsored by U.S. State Department and WSU Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Oakland Center-Wayne State University, January 22, 1998.

"Dynamical Modeling of International Security", 3 hour Graduate Seminar (Prof. Pearson's class in International Relations), November 10, 1998.

“Weapons of Mass Destruction”, Institute for Retired Professionals, Oak Park, MI, February 19, 1999.

“Weapons of Mass Destruction”, World Affairs Council of Western Michigan, Grand Rapids, March 8, 1999.

M. Invited Seminars or Lectures

"Old Physics for New Students: The Physics of Relevance", Physics Colloquium given at Washington University, St. Louis, March 1975.

Colloquium "Environmental Physics", University of Louisville, April 1976.

Colloquium "Science Teaching at the British Open University, Wayne State University, October 1977.

Seminar: "Structure and Function of the Open University", Institute for Higher Education; Univ. of Michigan, May 1978.

Series of Lectures - Energy and Exponential Growth; School of Education, W.S.U. - Institute of John Norman; Fall, Winter and Spring Quarters, 1978-79.

Lecture: "The Environmentalist Looks at Cities", Urban Studies Seminar of Corrine Gilb, W.S.U. May 1979.

Lecture: "Arms Control", Intro to Conflict Studies CPS 0200, W.S.U. June, 1979, Fall, 1980,81.

Staff and Lecturer - N.S.F. Instititute "Energy And Transportation: The Detroit Connection", W.S.U. June 1979,80,81.

Seminar: "The Addition of Nucleon-Nuclear Inelasticity to Hufner's Glauber Model for Fragmentation Reactions", Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Aug. 1979.

Colloquium - Some Shocking Aspects of Nuclei", Wayne State University, Feb. 1980.

Talk - "Billy Budd and the Physics of the Environment", Jr. Science and Humanities Symposium, Wayne State University, Feb. 1980.

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Talk - "What is Energy and How does it Effect Our Lives", Michigan Educators Energy Forum, Lansing Community College, April 1980.

Talks - "Energy and the Future" - Farmington H.S., April 2, 1980, Oxford H.S., May 15, 1980; Stevenson H.S., April 17, 1980.

Talk - "Government Science Policy", Weekend College Conference, Wayne State University, August 1981.

Talk - "Missile Warfare of the Future - The Bow and Arrow", Grosse Pointe Memorial Church, October 1981.

Talk - "The Morality of Nuclear Weapons", October Forum, Ann Arbor, October 1981.

Organizer - Conference on Science and Ethics - The Problems of Acid Rain, Wayne State University, November 1981 - Panel Presentation: "Scientists and Public Policy".

Lecture: "The Threat of Nuclear War", Henry Ford Community College, November 10, 1981.

Lecture: "America's Defense - What Is Security?" Great Decisions, 1982, Foreign Policy Association, Feb. 8, 1982; Sept. 28, 1982.

Lecture: "The Nuclear Age of Defense" - Christ Church, Cranbrook, Feb. 14, 1982.

Talk - "Life and Times of the Nucleus", Weekend College Conference, Wayne State University, March 6, 1982.

Physics Colloquium: "A Physicist Teaching About Nuclear War", Oakland University, April 16, 1982; Michigan State University, May 13, 1982.

Talk - "Nuclear Weapons and Their Impact Upon the World", Cranbrook School, April 16, 1982, Renaissance High School, May 3, 1982.

Talk - "Nuclear Weapons and How They Work" - All Day Convocation on "The Medical Consequences of Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear War" sponsored by W.S.U. School of Medicine and other Medical groups, April 24, 1982.

Talk - "The Status of Nuclear Weapons", Grosse Pointe Woods, Presbyterian Church, April 29, 1982; First Presbyterian Church of Dearborn, May 4, 1982; Birmingham Unitarian Church, May 25, 1982; St. Gertrudes Church, St. Clair Shores, October 26, 1982.

Talk - "International Political Basis of the Arms Race", Ann Arbor Conference on Nuclear Arms and Disarmament, May 22, 1982.

Lectures: "What is Energy", "Growth Models", Energy Movement - "The 2nd Law", at N.S.F. Institute on Energy and Transportation, June 23, 24, 25, 1982.

Talk - "Security in the Nuclear Age", Wyandotte Kiwanis Club, September 7, 1982.

Talk - "The Problem of Nuclear Weapons", Grosse Pointe Woods Presbyterian Church, September 12, 1982.

Talk - "National Security in a Nuclear Age", Physicians for Social Responsibility, Wayne State Medical School Chapter, September 15, 1982.

Physics Colloquium: "Physicists Teaching About War", Central Michigan University, September 16, 1982.

Oakland University Lecture Series - Arms for Armageddon: Dilemmas of the Cold War. November 23, 1982 - War vs Security in a Nuclear Age.

Detroit Area Phi Beta Kappa - Annual Dinner - After Dinner Talk: "Science, War and Peace", December 2, 1982.

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Cranbrook Adult Education Discussion - "Nuclear Proliferation", February 22, 1983.

Invited lecture to faculty, students, citizens at faculty assembly celebrating Ohio State University at Marion's 25 years of service: "Security in a Nuclear Age", March 3, 1983.

Lecture: "Nuclear Proliferation", Great Decisions Series, Detroit Foreign Policy Association, March 8, 1983.

Physics Colloquium: "Physicists and War", Wayne State University, March 10, 1983.

Talk: "Nuclear Weapons", Physicians for Social Responsibility Meeting, Kalamazoo, Michigan, March 14, 1983.

Physicians for Social Responsibility, Michigan State Convocation Lecture: "Nuclear Weapons and How They Work", April 16, 1983.

Physics Colloquium: "Teaching Nuclear War", Western Michigan University, March 15, 1983.

"Stochastic and Continuum Models for the Non-Provocative Land Defense of Central Europe", Physics Colloquium, Wayne State University, Nov. 8, 1984.

"Peace and Security", Talk to Am. Assoc. of Univ. Woman, Royal Oak

"When is a Peace Researcher a War Researcher?", Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Newsletter, Fall 1984.

"Prediction and Chaos", colloquium sponsored by Depts. of Peace Studies, Physics, Mathematics, and Aerospace Studies, University of Missouri at Columbia, March 11, 1985.

"Non-Provocative Land Defense in Europe", Peace Studies Class. Univ. of Missouri/Columbia, March 11, 1985.

"Mathematical Modeling - Chaos and International Relations", 25th Anniversary Visiting Scholars Program, Univ. of Michigan - Dearborn, March 15, 1985.

"Nuclear Weapons and National Security", Mt. Olivet Church, Dearborn, March 24, 1985.

"Chaos: A model for the Initiation of War", Invited talk at Los Alamos National Laboratory, April 23, 1985.

"Strategic Defense Initiative vs. Starwars", League of Woman Voters, Birmingham, Michigan, May 13, 1985.

"Nuclear Weapons - Technology and Proliferation", Lecture in Course, Univ. of Michigan, Dearborn, September 17, 1985. (This lecture was video-taped for their library collection and is still being used by students in the Mathematical Modeling course.)

"Political Conflict and the Defense of Europe", John Abbot College Public Lecture Series, St. Ann-de-Bellevue, Quebec, September 18, 1985.

"Chaos: A Model for the Initiation of War", Science College Public Lecture Series, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, September 19, 1985.

"Starwars", Assoc. of Medical Students, Wayne State University, October 24, 1985.

"Nuclear Arms Race", Birmingham Public Schools Educational Access TV, Channel 21, November 20, 1985.

"Star Wars and the Geneva Talks", - Great Decisions '86, Cranbrook Schools, January 29, 1986; Troy Public Library, March 18, 1986.

"The Physics of Chaos and the Initiation of War", Physics Colloquium, Oakland University, January 30, 1986.

"Social Responsibility of the Scientist, "Weekend College, Wayne State University, March 1, 1986.

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"Nuclear War Overview", St. Martin Deporres Youth Group, Warren, MI, April 21, 1986.

"SALT, Star Wars, Test Bans: Where Does International Security, Lie?", talk given to Leilanau Concerned Citizens, Leland, Michigan, June 27, 1896.

"Non-Provocative Defense", War Resistors League, Oslo, Norway, September 16, 1987.

"Chaos and War", Fulbright Alumni Association, Oslo, Norway, September 23, 1987.

"Chaos and the Outbreak of War", University of Michigan Political Science Seminar, Dec. , 1987.

"Non-Provocative Defense", a TV talk on "America's Defense Monitor, a cable TV series presented by the Center for Defense Information, Washington, D,C., Oct. 1987.

"History of the Arms Race", Adrian College Workshop "A Look at the Arms Race", May 16,1988.

"SDI and Chaos", Physics Colloquium, Eastern Michigan Univ., Nov. 18, 1988.

"Arms Control", Ferndale Rotary Club, February 23,1989.

"Arms Agreements", Great Decisions 1989, Troy Public Library, March 22, 1989.

"Star Wars", Ferndale Rotary Club, April 20, 1989.

"Nonlinear Dynamical Model of the Impact of SDI on the Arms Race", cluster meeting (Risk and Reliability Analysis cluster and Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos cluster), Mitre Corporation, Civil Systems Division, Mclean, Virginia, June 5, 1989.

"Arms Agreements", Birmingham-Baldwin Public Library, October 17, 1989.

Physics Colloquium: "Chaos vs. Predictability in Formulating National Security Policy", Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Indiana, Nov. 2,1989.

"Science, Technology, and International Security", Birmingham Lions Club, January 17, 1990.

"What a Way to Run a Railroad", WDET Commentary (Morning News), January 31,1990.

"Is a Uniformed Lover the Best Lover?", WDET Commentary (Morning News), Feb.14,1990.

"Sovereignty - No Longer Useful?", WDET Commentary (Morning News), Feb.28,1990.

"Why Do We Always Keep That Which Hurts Us the Most?", WDET Commentary (Morning News), Feb.28,1990.

"Environmental and Resource Problems in International Security", Bloomfield Hill Mature Minglers, March 26, 1990.

"Energy, War, Peace, and the Environment", "Earth Day" Colloquium, Wayne State University, April 17,1990.

"Will the Japanese Also Be Doing All of America's Heart Transplants?", remarks at Inaugaral Convocation, Wayne State Medical School Student Chapter, PSR, April 23, 1990.

"A Peace Dividend for Education and Research",Town Meeting, Detroit City Council, May 2, 1990.

"Japan May Say No to Us; Can America Say Yes to Itself?", WDET Commentary (Morning News), May 8, 1990.

"A Peace Dividend?", Gray Panthers, Ferndale Community Center, September,22,1990.

Physics Colloquium: "Chaos and Foreign Policy", Michigan State University, October 2, 1990.

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Physics Colloquium and Sigma Xi Lecture: "The Physics of International Relations: Chaos, Predictability, War, and Peace", The University of Toledo, January 24,1991.

"Mideast Update", Redford Rotary Club, February 7,1991.

"Using the Macintosh Computer as Real-Time Tool for Explaining Fundemental Physical Concepts", Chemical Education Seminar Series, Wayne State Universty, February 12, 1991.

"The Arms Race", Lecture to Weekend College, Wayne State University, April 6, 1991.

"Current Environmental Issues", Clawson Rotary Club, June 12, 1991.

"Nonprovacative (Nonpassive) Defense and Civilian-based Defense", international conference: "Civilian-Based Defense and People Power", Holy Redeemer Coll., Windsor, Ont.Sept.6-8,1991.

Panel Member, "Middle East Peace Conference", People for Peace in the Middle East, MSU Union, Lansing ,Michigan, October 1, 1991.

"Education", Clawson Rotary Club, November 27, 1991.

"Alternative Energies-Why and What?", talk to campers and staff at Circle Pines Camp, 11 July 1992.

"Map Making and Reading" Activity at Tollgate 4-H Center (MSU), 21 July,1992.

"Our Students Know That 1+1=2 But Do They Know What One and One Is?", WDET Commentary (Morning News), August 3, 1992.

"The Use of 'Chaos' in Exploring the Relation between Capability and Intent in International Arms Races", Colloquium, Merriam Laboratory for Analytic Political Research, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, October 23, 1992.(Also met with graduate students to consult on their thesis.)

Seminar: "An Academic Visits Bureaucracy", Cornell University Peace Studies Seminar Series, Sept. 14, 1995.

"Returning from a New World: A Year in the Bureacracy", Peace Action Fall Forum, Ferndale Public Lib., 10/19/95.

"Making Large Classes Interactive", Brown Bag Seminar, W..S.U. Center for Teaching & Learning, 3/9/98.

"Dynamical Modeling of International Security", 3 hour Graduate Seminar (Prof. Pearson's class in International Relations), November 10, 1998.

“Science, Public Policy, and the Debate over National Missile Defenses”, introductory remarks to a series; Dept. of Physics, Central Michigan University, October 19, 2000.

Physics Colloquium: “Dynamical Modeling of the Onset of War”, Ball State University, November 2, 2000.

Lecture: “Nuclear Nonproliferation”, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, April 9, 2001.

Discussant: Film: "I am Become Death": WSU Library Series - Atomic Age, April 10, 2003.

Lecture; "Science and Social Responsibility", Adult Learning Center, Oakland Community College, April 22, 2003.

Lecture-Discussion, "Weapons of Mass Destruction", Great Decisions, Detroit Council for world Affairs, WSU Oakland Center, June 8, 2004.

Lecture, "Nuclear Energy, World Energy, World Security", SOAR, April 26, 2005.

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Lecture, "Nuclear Age, Boom or Boon?", SOAR, November 8, 2005.

Discussion-Talk, "Science and Religion: the Two-Brain Student", WSU Humanities Center, November 15, 2005.

Panel presentation and organization, “Evolution and the Response of Religion”, Sigma Xi and Episcopal Cathedral of Detroit, April, 19, 2006.

Lecture, “Climate Change and its Politics”, SOAR, May 5, 2011, Spring 2017.

Lecture: “Politics of Climate”, SOAR (Society of Active Retirees), April 2015; repeated Nov. 16,,2015; repeated Nov.4, 2016 at WSU Emeritus Academy. Lecture: “The Nuclear Arms Race: Origin and Today’s Issues” SOAR (Society of Active Retirees), April 12,2016.

Lecture: Nuclear Weapon Competition: Where Did It Come From? Where Is It Going?”. SOAR, Oct. 25,2016.

Panel discussion (with Powerpoint): “Nukes in your future”, Henry Ford College, Wayne State University, University of Detroit Mercy, other venues in SW Michigan, Spring and Fall, 2017.

N. Other Scholarly Work1997-8: Reviewer for Physical Review Letters, Physical Review E, American Journal of Physics, Chaos.

Reviewer for journals, e.g., Physical Review Letters (1997), Physical Review, American Journal of Physics, Jour. of Science Teaching, Jour. of Peace Research, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Mathematical and Computer Modelling.

Numerous letters to Detroit Newspapers.

"Education Problems Which Might be Ameliorated via Curriculum Reform", Alvin M. Saperstein, A working paper for the University Centennial Conference on "Curriculum Reform and Innovation in a Modern Univ. 1967.

"A Computer-Aided Mass Transporation Plan for the Wayne State University Community", A.M. Saperstein, T. Stein, and F. Westervelt, a proposal to the Vice-President, 1971.

"Annual Report of the University Council Faculty Affair Community", 1971-72, Alvin M. Saperstein.

Science, Technology and Society -- more than 50 half-hour television programs made for Weekend College", 1974-75.

"Comments and Critiques Upon the Initial Year of Operation of the Science and Technology Program of the Weekend College", A Report to the Director by Alvin M. Saperstein, 1975.

"Understanding Space and Time", a third level course at the Open University. Member of course team writing course units, making cassette tapes and T.V. programs.

Attended "Presenters School", British Broadcasting Corp., March 1977.

Invited Participant - National Program Planning Committee - National Science Teachers Association, Anaheim, California, December 1978.

Organizer, and Lecturer - new undergraduate, interdisciplinary course: "Nuclear War", Spring Semester, 1982, Wayne State University. Discussed in Editorial in June 1982 issue of Physics Today and in July-August 1982 edition of Fed. of Am. Sci. Countdown.

"Sabbatical Leave - The Change that Refreshes", W.S.U. Physics Dept. Alumni Newsletter, Fall 1984.

"Brave New Waves", Two-Hour talk show, CBC-FM, nationwide, orginating in Montreal, September 19, 1985.

Moderator and Questioner: "A Dialogue for Human Survival", The Soviet and American Physicians Campaign, Dearborn, Michigan, September 26, 1985.

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28 April 1986 Soviet Nuclear Reactor Accident-extensive multiple interviews with TV Channels 4, 7, 20, radio stations WWJ, WOMC, WXYZ, WDET, Detroit, 23, 29 April, 6, 7 May.

Organize and Introduce "A Tribute to Olaf Palme - An evening of Poetry and Music", Detroit Public Library, 14 May 1986.

N.S.F. Proposal Evaluation Panel, Minneapolis, MN, 15-17 May 1986.

Radio Interview, Scientists and International Security, WIAA, Interlochen, Michigan, 28 June 1986.

"Second Look" Panel Discussion, Channel 7 TV Detroit, 20 April, 1986.

Propose and Organize 3 day visit to Detroit of Marshall Shulman as Kistakowsky Lecturer under Auspices of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1-3 March 1987.

Help organize 2 day visit of dispute resolution experts (Laue, Rivkin, Susskind) to help set up program in dispute resolution at Wayne State University, 6-7 April 1987.

Initiated, set up, and ran "teach-in" on What Should University Be?" during AAUP strike at Wayne State University, Sept.1988.

Radio interview (by telephone), WBEZ (NPR- Chicago), based upon my Bull. of Atomic Scientists article "SDI-A Model for Chaos", October 13, 1988.

Conceived and wrote proposal to NSF "Young Scholars Program" for summer high school student research program; not funded (Fall, 1988).

Setting up and Coordinating weekend workshop on "Dispute Resolution" for Midwest Associates in Higher Education (Former Midwest Danforth Fellows), October,1989.

Conceived, organized, and ran series of University-wide AAUP Forums, Winter Semester,1990.

Conceived and wrote proposals to NSF and DoE on Computer-Aided Instruction in the High Schools, Winter 1989-90.

Conceived and wrote proposals to Wayne State University for portable computer set-ups to be used for introductory physics lectures; one funded in 1991, second pending.

Conceived and wrote proposal to D0E-FIPSE for new course in physical science for potential elementary school teachers; put together team of chemist, science educator, and myself to carry out project if funded, (Winter, 1992).

Set of Macintosh software "Transforming Physics Using New Technologies: Workshop Lessons", nationally distributed, including "Maxwell's Equations, Using Mathematica or Maple" by Gordon Albrecht, Roger Freedman, and Al Saperstein, and Fundamental Properties of Waves, using Hypercard and Videodisc Player *2 'Physics: Cinema Classics and the Mechanical Universe, Chapter 18" by A. Saperstein, P. Ramakrishnan, and R. Fairchild; Winter 1992

"Mathematics and International Security", An Op-Ed piece solicited by Math. Assoc. of America for distribution to Michigan newspapers during "math awareness week", April, 1992.

Conceived and set up FORUM Study "Jobs and Careers in Physics"; cf Physics and Society, Vol 21 #3, July 1992. Also attempted FORUM Speakers Bureau.

Conference co-organizer, moderator, and presenter: "The Future of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Negotiations", Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Wayne State University, October 26, 1995. Conceived and wrote proposal to NSF for new course in physical science and pedagogy for potential elementary school teachers; put together team of chemist, science educator, and myself to carry out project if funded, (Spring, 1996; not funded). Resubmitted 1997;; not funded.

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1995-6 Academic reviewer: Science Plus-Technology and Society, Holt, Rinehart, Winston, Austtin, TX, 1997.

Summer, 2004 Academic Reviewer: introductory physics text, John Wiley & Sons.

Academic lecture: Anthropology 7700, Prof. Batteau," The Prediction of Unpredictability", 10/25/04

President, Fulbright Association of SE Michigan, 2004-6; conceived, funded, and ran 5 day-long excursions in Metropolitan Detroit area for Fulbright exchange students, scholars, teachers and Fulbright Alumni.

President, Sigma Xi WSU Chapter; conceived, organized, and ran 4 scholarly meetings on WSU Campus.

“Science and Religion: The Two-Brain Student”, WSU Humanities Center Brown Bag colloquium Series, November 15, 2005.

"The use of nuclear weapons from Hiroshima to today". Discovering Japan in the 21st Century: Reconciliation with the Past Project 2016 Public Lecture Series; March 24,2016.

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IV. SERVICE

A. Administrative Appointments at Wayne State

Member of small committee initiating and creating Program in Environmental Studies (1976). Director of Program (1977-80) a university-wide co-major program for undergraduates, directed at broadening their academic visions and helping them to apply their formal university studies to relevant environmental problems. Duties involved budgeting, initiating and coordinating teaching, colloquia, and internships, inside and outside of the University, advising and counseling students.

Director of Research and Chair of the Executive Committee, Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, 1985-87; Director of Research, 1987-; organizing courses, minor & co-major programs, writing funding proposals; part of small group which produced preliminary proposal leading to large grant (1991) from Hewlett Foundation for dispute resolution teaching and research center.

C. Committee Assignments1. University Committees Chaired:

Chairman of University Council Committee Regarding Faculty-Student Forums in Curriculum Experimentation; Chairman of AAUP Grievance Committee after AAUP was elected faculty bargaining agent - developed grievance procedure for first faculty-administration contract, 1973. Chairman of ad-hoc committee for defining Weekend College Program Issues, 1981-82; Chairperson - Physical Science Subcommittee of University Research Award Committee, 1981; Chairman of Faculty Affairs Committee 1971-72, initiated and directed year's study, position formulation, and documentation writing on tenure policies for faculty and academic staff, fringe benefits, faculty governance, faculty responsibilities; Appointed Chairman, Student Affairs Committee 1974-75, Curriculum and Instruction Committee, 1981-82; Chair-AAUP University Forums Committee,1989-90. Elected Secretary, Faculty Council, College of Science, 1992-3. Chair, AAUP Distance Learning Committee, 1998. . Chair, University Senate Curriculum and Instruction Committee, 1999-2000.

2. University Committee Membership:

Appointed to: University Council Ad Hoc Committee for the conference on Curriculum Reform and Innovation in a Modern University; Liberal Arts College Group Requirements Committee; Board of Editors of the Wayne State University Press; Planning Committee for a Center of University Learning and Teaching; University Council Ad Hoc Committee to Explore Relations between Council and Faculty Union in a Unionized University; Committee to Select Chairman for Electrical Engineering Department; Presidential Ad Hoc Tenure Review Board; Committee on Memorial Lectures and Volume for Julius M. Jackson deceased Chairman of Chemical Engineering (published as AIP Conference Proceedings

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#27); Nominated for President AAUP - 1973; Member of AAUP Bargaining Committee Faculty representative; Student Faculty Council, 1975, Executive Committee, Graduate Council, 1977-79; Executive Committee - Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, 1979-; Joint University Council and Weekend College Curriculum Committee, 1979-80; Provost's Ad-Hoc Committee on Cable TV 1982; Weekend College-CLL External Review Evaluation Committee, 1989; Committee on CLL Master's Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, 1990. Liberal Arts GRA Selection Committee, 1998; AAUP Bargaining Council, 1998-. AAUP Committee on Distance Learning. 1998 - . Provost’s Committee on Distance Learning, 1999; Review of Academic Programs - Criminal Justice Dept., 1999; AAUP-Administration Grievance Hearing Panel, 1999; WSU-AAUP/AFT Joint Committee on Distance Learning, 2000 - ; Committee on Centers and Institutes, 2000 -. . University Retention Advisory Committee, 2007 -

Elected to: University Council 1971, reelected 1974, 1980; Elected to Policy Committee 1973-74; Served on Curriculum and Instruction Committee for Council 1973-74; Elected by students to Student Faculty Council, 1975; Elected by University Council to Budget Committee, Board of Governors, Wayne State U., 1975; Elected by Council (1976) to U. Hearing Committee Panel and to AAUP Contractual Committee on Tenure and Promotion; Elected by Faculty of College of Liberal Arts to Dean's Search Committee, 1980; Participated in university wide studies of course and teaching evaluation. Gave talks to student groups on science and environmental problems. Advisor to such groups and to student Academic Affairs Committee. Sabbatical leave committee, 1985; Ad Hoc Committee to mediate between Dean and Faculty of Weekend College on Factors for Promotion and Tenure, Fall 1986; Committee on CLL Master's Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, Fall, 1990 -1. -

Elected to first Faculty Council, new College of Science, 1992-4; elected Secretary of Council,1992-3.Elected to University Senate, 1999-2000, re-elected 2000-. Elected to Faculty Senate, 2010; serve on its C&I committee. Board of Governors Academic Affairs Committee, 2000 - .. University Committee on Student Retention 2009, Presently on Executive Board, Center for Peace and Conflict Studies (2011)-

3. College/Department Committees Chaired:

Directed Graduate Admissions, Colloquium, Library, Publicity, Open House and Educational Grants Committees (each of these, several times); directed publicity and arrangements for Physics Building dedication.

4. College/Department Committee Membership:

Initiated program to interest inner city high school students in professional careers in science; raised funds for it from NSF and local charities and government. Directed Ph.D. qualifying exams, gave colloquia at Wayne, other universities and high schools; Faculty Advisor to Student Physics Society.PHY 217/218 Committee, 1989-.Wrote proposal (granted 1991) to WSU Instructional Equipment Fund for mobile computer display system to be used in elementary physics lectures. Similar proposal written (Dec. 1991) requesting another similar setup.Edited and significantly rewrote Laboratory Manual for Physics 102 (Spring 1991).Dept. Library Committee, 1997 - .

D. Positions Held in Professional Associations

Member, Executive Committee of Forum on Physics and Society of the American Physical Society, 1981-83; nominated for Secretary-Treasurer, 1991; vice-chair elect, 1993-; fellowship committee chair, 1993-4; program committee chair, 1994-5 ; chair 1995-96.Nicholson Medal Selection Committee, APS 1995 - 8.Epstein Prize Selection Committee, AAPT 1993- 8.Treasurer and member of founding steering committee - United Campuses to Prevent Nuclear War, a national academic-political organization; 1982.1992-:Setting up Forum of Physics and Society Study Group on physics job situation.1992-5 Executive Board - Midwest Associates in Higher Education.1997 – to present Executive Board - Fulbright Association of Southeastern Michigan1998 - V.P., Detroit Metropolitan Area Physics Teachers.

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1996 - 2009 Editor-in-chief, Physics and Society Editor-in-chief (Quarterly Newsletter of the APS Forum on Physics and Society),2004 - President, Wayne State Chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society; co-president 2008- 20112004-6, 2008 - 2011 - 2015, President - Fulbright Association of Southeastern Michigan2015- Elected to Executive Committee, Forum on History of Physics of APS.

E. Memberships/Offices Held in Public or Private AgenciesElected Chairman of the Detroit Coalition on New Priorities ACLU; Curriculum Chairman of Chrysler Elementary School Parent Teachers Council - initiated after school program including Project SEED, creative writing, modern dance, directed study of entire school program and externally financed special projects, federal and state funded programs; Executive board of Chateaufort Housing co-op, 1963-64; Helped start and run elementary school during Detroit Teachers Strike, 1973; Served on Mayor's task force on energy Committee on Occupational and Environmental Health of American Lung Association of Southeastern Michigan, 1979-80; Representative of Lung Assoc. to Inspection/Maintenance (Auto Emissions) Advisory Committee to Dept. of Transportation of State of Michigan, 1979; Wayne County Energy Management Council, 1979; Treasurer, Chateaufort Cooperative, Inc. - a 60 housing unit, $106 corporation 1980-83; Elected to Executive Board, Metropolitan Detroit Chapter of American Civil Liberties Union, 1981, 1982-83,; President-Chateaufort Cooperative, Inc. 1988 -91, Treasurer 2016 -; member Board of Governors B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations of Metropolitan Detroit, 1991-4. Elected to Exec. Bd. Michigan SANE/FREEZE 1992 Elected to Exec. Bd. Congregation T'chyiah, 1995 - 7, Religious Services Committee, 1997; VP-Reconstructionist Congregation of Detroit .Judge (numerous times) - Science and Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit, Wayne County Oddessy of the Mind. Board of Directors, American Jewish Committee- Detroit Chapter. Vice-president Reconstructionist Congregation of Detroit, 2003 - present. President, Fulbright Association of SE Michigan, 2004 -.6. 2008-2011 , 2013-present; Elected to Board of Cranbrook Peace Foundation, 2007-2011, Board Member Detroit Chapter ACLU. 2010-2016, Executive Board, WSU Center for Peace and Conflict Studies.

F. Professional Consultation

1. Public Presentations as an Expert in Discipline:

Over 100 talks and papers.

H. Other Professional Related Service:

Invited to give colloquium - Institute for Non-Linear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, April 1985.

Invited to 3-week Workshop on Chaos, Aspen Center for Physics, June, 1985.

One of the few Americans invited, among 30 participants, to "Modeling Processes of Structural Change in Social Systems", First Workshop, sponsored by Max-Planck Society, Starnberg, W. Germany, 17-31 July 1986.

Reviewed research and education proposals individually and in panels, e.g., served on National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, Panel for Instrumentation Laboratory Improvement, Feb. 10-13, 1993, Jan. 26-29,1994, July 17-20, 1995, Washington, D.C.

Invited participant, Workshop on "Chaos and Complexity in Contemporary History", Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, May 19-21, 1994.

Co-Coordinator: Symposium on Michael Frayn’s “Copenhagen” at Detroit Science Center utilizing scientists and actors from production showing at Fisher Theater (part of a set of national activities related to the “Copenhagen” production. 2002

Docent. Detroit Science Center, 2010 – present

Conceived and ran theatrical play production “Farm Hall”, Studio Theater, WSU, Nov. 2015.

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