Excerpt from letter of resignation by Harold Lewis is Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara:
"... How different it is now. The giants no longer walk the earth, and the money flood has become the raison d’être of much physics research, the vital sustenance of much more, and it provides the support for untold numbers of professional jobs. For reasons that will soon become clear my former pride at being an APS Fellow all these years has been turned into shame, and I am forced, with no pleasure at all, to offer you my resignation from the Society..."
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Comment: The corrupting power of government knows no limits.
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