The state of the APS and of physics in 1978

APR 01, 1979

The retiring president reviews an eventful and critical year, with ERA and tax‐status problems in the foreground and employment prospects a continuing concern.

DOI: 10.1063/1.2995487

Norman F. Ramsey

It has been a great honor to serve as President of The American Physical Society during the past year, but the honor is not an empty one. There are numerous duties attached, one of the last of them being to give this report on The American Physical Society, the physics profession, and physics.

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More about the Authors

Norman F. Ramsey. Harvard University.