The Center for History of Physics supports the efforts of the scholarly community to document, investigate, and understand the nature and origin of developments in modern physics and their impact on ...

Experience a unique year in Washington, DC, working at the headquarters of the U.S. Department of State or in the halls of Congress. If you are a member of one of AIP's member societies, you may be ...

2023 UPDATE: AIP’s Science Communication Awards have been discontinued. After more than 50 years of awarding journalists and science writers, AIP is ending the Science Communication Awards program.

As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, AIP is a federation that advances the success of our Member Societies and an institute that engages in research and analysis to empower positive change in the physical ...

Dr. Chubin’s remarks will (a) describe the rationale and need for Understanding Interventions (UI) as an organization; (b) provide examples of studies presented and issues discussed at UI conferences; ...

When Germany invaded Denmark during World War II, the Nazis were ready to confiscate the gold Nobel Prizes of German physicists Max von Laue (1914 recipient) and James Franck (1925 recipient). After ...

Natalie Wolchover studied physics at Tufts University and is currently a senior writer at Quanta Magazine specializing in physical sciences. She has written at Popular Science, LiveScience and other ...

Representing the spectrum of the physical sciences, AIP's Member Societies are the backbone of the Institute. AIP supports them with professional services, additional benefits for their members, and ...

The History Center's thirteen online exhibits engage a very broad audience - from elementary school students to historians of science. Visit our gallery to learn more about Marie Curie's discovery of ...

AIP's Student Programs support young physicists and advocate high-quality science education for all students.

AIP partners with and facilitates partnerships among the Member Societies, so that we can collectively and more effectively pursue our common mission to advance science and support the well-being of ...

Our free newsletter reports on work in the history of physics (and allied fields such as astronomy and geophysics), carried out at the American Institute of Physics and elsewhere. Its goal is to bring ...