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The American Physical Society was founded on May 20, 1899, when thirty-six physicists gathered at Columbia University for that purpose. They proclaimed the mission of the new Society to be "to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics", and in one way or another the APS has been at that task ever since.
Indian Physical Society; Institute of Physics; International Association of Mathematical Physics; International Society for Stereology & Image Analysis; International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation; Italian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation
Sigma Pi Sigma (ΣΠΣ) is an American honor society for physics and astronomy. [1] It was founded at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina on December 11, 1921. [1] It is the oldest and only American honor society for physics and astronomy. [1] [2] It is an organization within the Society of Physics Students and the American Institute ...
The American Physical Society honors members with the designation Fellow for having made significant accomplishments to the field of physics. [1] The following lists are divided chronologically by the year of designation. List of fellows of the American Physical Society (1921–1971) List of fellows of the American Physical Society (1972–1997)
The David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics is a prize that has been awarded annually by the American Physical Society since 1988. The recipient is chosen for being "an outstanding contributor to the field of materials physics, who is noted for the quality of his/her research, review articles and lecturing."
The Health Physics Society (HPS) is a nonprofit scientific professional organization whose mission is excellence in the science and practice of radiation safety.It is based in the United States and the specific purposes of the society's activities include encouraging research in radiation science, developing standards, and disseminating radiation safety information.
The society was founded due to the efforts of Frederick Guthrie, Professor of Physics at the Royal College of Science, South Kensington, and his assistant, William Fletcher Barrett. They canvassed support for a 'Society for physical research' and on 14 February 1874, the Physical Society of London was formed with an initial membership of 29 people.
The German Physical Society (German: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, DPG) is the oldest organisation of physicists. As of 2022, the DPG's worldwide membership is cited as 52,220, [1] making it one of the largest national physics societies in the world. The DPG's membership peaked in 2014 when it reached 63,000, but it has been decreasing ...