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American physicists in the current quarter century

JAN 01, 1956
Marsh W. White

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.

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References

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  2. 2. Robert H. Knapp and H. B. Goodrich, Origins of American Scientists, Univ. of Chicago Press (1952).

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More about the authors

Marsh W. White, Pennsylvania State University.

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