AIP in 1968: Expansion and experimentation

JUN 01, 1969

Despite growing financial pressures in 1968, the American Institute of Physics added people and space to provide better service to physicists and to experiment with new and better methods. The annual report provides details on a busy year.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3035620

John P. Wiley

FOR PHYSICS IN THE US 1968—a time of budget cuts and manpower problems—was the kind of watershed year historians choose to write books about. The American Institute of Physics, anticipating some developments and responding to others, expanded its services to meet new demands and experimented with new ways to fulfill its mission.

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