摘要:

In an annual report of the Institute, one inevitably becomes immersed in statistics: pages published, membership and circulation growths, and dollars received and expended. These are the easy yardsticks by which accomplishments may be measured and recorded. Yet, in a real sense, they miss one of the basic purposes of the Institute, the encouragement of “unity and effectiveness of effort among all those who are devoting themselves to physics”. In its efforts toward this end, the Institute looks to the societies, to its Corporate Associates, and to the physicists themselves to share the responsibility for achieving the goal. For its part, the Institute strives for excellence in every task which it undertakes so that physicists will be proud to have it represent their interests.

ISSN:0031-9228    

DOI:10.1063/1.3057547

出版商:AIP    

年代:1961

数据来源: AIP

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A Topical Conference on Strong Interactions took place on December 27, 28, and 29, 1960 at the Department of Physics of the University of California in Berkeley. The Conference overlapped by one day the regular Pacific Coast Meeting of the American Physical Society. This meeting was sponsored by the American Physical Society; financial support was generously provided by the Atomic Energy Commission and by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

ISSN:0031-9228    

DOI:10.1063/1.3057548

出版商:AIP    

年代:1961

数据来源: AIP

摘要:

Although a show of hands at the 1959 Photonuclear Conference held at Meridan, New Hampshire, indicated that most participants preferred a respite until 1961, enthusiasm for a “small” meeting in 1960 was evident, and by early spring the organization of what proved to be the largest meeting yet held was initiated by K. H. Lindenberger and J. H. D. Jensen, of the University of Heidelberg, Germany. The conference met from August 18 to 22, and was sponsored jointly by the Karlsruhe Nuclear Reactor Company and the Heidelberg Academy of Science. The site was the Sportschule Scho¨neck, a school supported by the athletic clubs of the state of Baden, scenically situated on a hill overlooking Karlsruhe. Lecture halls, meals, and recreational facilities were available here for the attendees, as well as accommodations for about 50 (the remainder obtaining rooms in hotels and “Weinstuben” in the suburb of Durlach).

ISSN:0031-9228    

DOI:10.1063/1.3057549

出版商:AIP    

年代:1961

数据来源: AIP

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The merits of individual departmental science libraries versus one large unified library have been considered by administrators throughout the country for some time. It seems that there is currently a movement afoot at a number of colleges and universities for the consolidation of physics, chemistry, biology, and other science libraries into one large unit housed in a separate building.

ISSN:0031-9228    

DOI:10.1063/1.3057550

出版商:AIP    

年代:1961

数据来源: AIP

摘要:

A symposium on the theory and mechanism of diffusion in solids was held at the NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, on October 24 and 25, 1960. Diffusion in solids has been receiving a great deal of widespread attention in the past few years. The purpose of the symposium was to provide an opportunity for active workers in the field to discuss the present state of knowledge. It was attended by 87 scientists from 37 university, industrial, and government laboratories in Canada, England, Italy, and the United States. The formal presentation was limited to eleven invited papers in order to allow ample time for informal discussion. The meeting was opened by E. J. Manganiello, Associate Director of the Lewis Research Center, and an introductory address was made by Ira H. Abbott, director of the NASA Office of Advanced Research Programs, Washington, D.C.

ISSN:0031-9228    

DOI:10.1063/1.3057551

出版商:AIP    

年代:1961

数据来源: AIP

摘要:

AT its meeting on March 25, the Governing Board of the American Institute of Physics authorized construction later this year of a four‐story and basement addition to the Institute's headquarters building on East 45th Street in New York City. The action was recommended by both the AIP Property Committee and the Board's Executive Committee as being the most immediately practical step towards satisfying the Institute's space requirements in the foreseeable future. The rapid growth of the Institute's responsibilities in journal publication and other services to the physics community is discussed in some detail in the Annual Report for 1960 (see pp. 20–27 of this issue), and it is estimated there that the Institute will have to double its present working space during the next decade to keep pace with its expanding activities.

ISSN:0031-9228    

DOI:10.1063/1.3057552

出版商:AIP    

年代:1961

数据来源: AIP

摘要:

OFFICERS to serve during the current academic year have been elected by the Astronomical Society and the Crystallographic Association (both AIP Associate Member Societies), three divisions of the APS (a Member Society), and the Electron Microscope Society (an Affiliated Society of the Institute). Their respective slates of officers are listed below.

ISSN:0031-9228    

DOI:10.1063/1.3057554

出版商:AIP    

年代:1961

数据来源: AIP

ISSN:0031-9228    

DOI:10.1063/1.3057555

出版商:AIP    

年代:1961

数据来源: AIP

ISSN:0031-9228    

DOI:10.1063/1.3057557

出版商:AIP    

年代:1961

数据来源: AIP

ISSN:0031-9228    

DOI:10.1063/1.3057559

出版商:AIP    

年代:1961

数据来源: AIP