摘要:

We celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the American Institute of Physics. The occasion is a notable one not only to those of us who have been active professionally during most or all of the past 25 years but also to those who begin their professional careers with the knowledge that physics is well established in our country. The Institute itself is not remarkable in the material sense. Its capital is small; its holdings in real estate are not impressive. Many of its most significant activities are routine. It is important because it symbolizes the collective unity of a group of individuals who occupy an exceptional position in the nation.

ISSN:0031-9228    

DOI:10.1063/1.3059775

出版商:AIP    

年代:1956

数据来源: AIP

摘要:

“Scientists should have a greater awareness of their responsibilities to society.” This statement, often heard nowadays, has the ring of truth, but the specific responsibilities are seldom listed except in a vague way. When they are discussed by humanists some of the principal responsibilities turn out to be of a sort scientists cannot accept. Usually there lurks in the, background an insinuation that physicists, having released on an unsuspecting world some sinister force such as nuclear energy, should bottle up their djinn again and be more careful in the future. A number of commentators have even gone so far as to state flatly that humanity would be much better off if science had been nipped in the first bud and never allowed to develop its materialistic control over man at all.

ISSN:0031-9228    

DOI:10.1063/1.3059776

出版商:AIP    

年代:1956

数据来源: AIP

摘要:

One of the things that characterizes the trend of industrial research since World War II is the increasing demand for physicists in a great variety of industrial laboratories. Unlike the chemist, whose important role in industrial technology has long been recognized, the physicist is a relatively new figure on the industrial scene. Thus, it is timely on the occasion of the twenty‐fifth anniversary of the American Institute of Physics to examine the present status of the industrial physicist and to assess his opportunities for the future.

ISSN:0031-9228    

DOI:10.1063/1.3059777

出版商:AIP    

年代:1956

数据来源: AIP

摘要:

The current quarter century, which began in 1931, the year of the founding of the American Institute of Physics, has witnessed the most remarkable growth and development of the status of physics as a profession that this country has experienced. History has given weight to the thesis that the progress of science is directly proportional to the support given to scientists by the professional societies in the field. A study of the physics research journals will show how their growth and influence have closely paralleled the organization and increase of membership of the various professional physics societies.

ISSN:0031-9228    

DOI:10.1063/1.3059778

出版商:AIP    

年代:1956

数据来源: AIP

ISSN:0031-9228    

DOI:10.1063/1.3059779

出版商:AIP    

年代:1956

数据来源: AIP

ISSN:0031-9228    

DOI:10.1063/1.3059780

出版商:AIP    

年代:1956

数据来源: AIP

摘要:

Since its founding in 1931, the American Institute of Physics has devoted its attention to the development of physics as a field of human activity and to the economy of publishing the physics journals. In both respects there was a crisis in 1929. The Institute was founded to meet the crisis and has played a leading role in solving the problems confronting the physics field to the present time.

ISSN:0031-9228    

DOI:10.1063/1.3059781

出版商:AIP    

年代:1956

数据来源: AIP

ISSN:0031-9228    

DOI:10.1063/1.3059782

出版商:AIP    

年代:1956

数据来源: AIP