[Editorial] Everyone should try
The new year brings opportunities to think creatively about finding solutions to difficult problems. It's a chance to affirm that although views may differ dramatically, we should try to work effectively with one another. My namesake believed in this. Jeremy Stone, the long-time president of the Federation of American Scientists, passed away on 1 January at the age of 81. As a graduate student, Stone attended mathematics classes taught by my father, and he and his wife Betty Jane (B.J.) Stone, also a distinguished mathematician and statistician, babysat my brother and me. Stone's career followed a remarkable and unusual path for a scientist—indeed, for anyone—and highlights how individuals with training in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics can contribute to society in diverse and profound ways. Author: Jeremy Berg