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American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics
AIP Center for History of Physics records, 1961-1988.
Correspondence and related records document the American Institute of Physics' (AIP) Center's efforts to preserve and make known the historical record of modern physics and astronomy. Consists of records for documentation projects on quantum physics and solid state physics; and educational projects such as exhibits on "Physics in 1922" and centennial exhibits on Michael Faraday, George Ellery Hale, and Albert Einstein; and publications including the AIP newsletter, brochures, and catalog reports on the AIP International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences. Also contains grant files from the National Science Foundation and other agencies and foundations; records of the AIP Advisory Committee on History of Physics; working files of oral history interviews; correspondence on activities to preserve papers of physicists; and some records of the Friends of the Center.
The Center for History and Philosophy of Physics was established as a division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) in 1965 by the joining of the AIP's Project on the History of Recent Physics in the United States, which was started in 1961, and its Niels Bohr Library for History of Physics, which had opened in 1962. Its purpose is to aid in the efforts of the scholarly community to document, investigate, and understand the nature and origin of developments in 20th century physics and their impact on society. In 1972 the name was changed to the Center for History of Physics.
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867
Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938
American Institute of Physics. Advisory Committee on History of Physics.
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Astronomy -- History -- 20th century.
Physics -- Archival resources.
Physics -- Exhibitions.
Physics -- Study and teaching
Physics -- Societies, etc.
Physics -- History.
Physics -- History -- 20th century
Quantum theory -- Documentation.
Solid state physics -- Documentation.
American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics
American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
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