The American Institute of Physics (AIP) promotes science and the profession of physics, publishes physics journals, and produces publications for scientific and engineering societies. The AIP is made up of various member societies. Its corporate headquarters are at the American Center for Physics in
College Park, Maryland, but the institute also has offices in
Melville, New York, and
Beijing.
Historical overview
The AIP was founded in 1931 as a response to lack of funding for the sciences during the
Great Depression
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[ /www.aip.org/aip/history "History of AIP" American Institute of Physics. July 2010.] It formally incorporated in 1932 consisting of five original "member societies", and a total of four thousand members. A new set of member societies was added beginning in the mid-1960s. As soon as the AIP was established it began publishing scientific journals.
TO ADVANCE AND DIFFUSE THE KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSICS
An account of the one-hundred year history of the American Physical Society May 1999.
Member societies
Affiliated societies
List of publications
The AIP has a subsidiary called ''AIP Publishing'' (wholly owned non-profit) dedicated to scholarly publishing by the AIP and its member societies, as well on behalf of other partners.
AIP Style
Just as the
American Chemical Society has its own style called
ACS Style, AIP has its own citation style called AIP Style which is commonly used in physics.
AIP STYLE MANUAL, 4 ed.
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See also
* Institute of Physics
* PACS
* Science Writing Award
* SPIE
* Joan Warnow-Blewett
Joan Carol Warnow-Blewett (née Nelson) (December 11, 1931 – May 30, 2006) was an American archivist and staff member of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) for 32 years.
Early life
Warnow-Blewett was born to parents David Nelson and Edi ...
References
External links
AIP websiteMember societies of the AIPAIP journalsAIP Scitation website, which host academic articles of journals published by societies members of AIP, and by societies who decided to host their articles on the platformAmerican Center for Physics website
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Scientific organizations established in 1931
Physics societies
Academic organizations based in the United States
Scientific supraorganizations
1931 establishments in the United States