AIP Today‐ and Tomorrow

Certainly one of the most evident and exciting aspects of American physics during the last fifty years has been its phenomenal growth—growth in the number of individuals committed to the profession, growth in the amount and variety of their research experiences, and growth in the stature of physics as a profession of eminence both within and outside the wider community of science. Hand in hand with this vital development of the profession has been the equally prominent evolution of the organization that serves it—the organization that is dedicated to its support and is sensitive to its proclivities—the American Institute of Physics.

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