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Report on AIP–1971

JUL 01, 1972
Highlights of the Institute’s year included changes in publishing methods, new products from the physics‐information division, and internal reorganization for better service.
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“A year of sobering reflection for US physicists after a year of unemployment shock and crisis in 1970.” This is how H. William Koch, Director of the American Institute of Physics, characterizes 1971 in his introduction to AIP’s annual report where he summarizes what has been learned from this “sobering reflection” as background and context for the particulars that follow.

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