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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.
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 Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics is given jointly by the American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics for "outstanding scholarly achievements in the history of physics". The prize, named after physicist and historian Abraham Pais, has been awarded annually since 2005. [37]
The American Physical Society honors members with the designation Fellow for having made significant accomplishments to the field of physics. [1]The following list includes those fellows selected in the first 50 years of the tradition, that is, from 1921 through 1971.
The Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics is an award given each year since 2005 jointly by the American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics for "outstanding scholarly achievements in the history of physics".
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William Francis Magie (1858–1943) was an American physicist, a founder of the American Physical Society (president from 1910 to 1912) and the first professor of physics at Princeton University, where he had graduated (class valedictorian, 1879) and where he served for two decades as dean of the faculty.
Miniaturization (publ. 1961) included Feynman's lecture as its final chapter "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom: An Invitation to Enter a New Field of Physics" was a lecture given by physicist Richard Feynman at the annual American Physical Society meeting at Caltech on December 29, 1959. [1]