There’s just something about chalkboards. They have a long history in the United States; their first documented use was in 1801, while whiteboards have only been around since the 1980s. Chalk is ...

Here at the American Institute of Physics, we are proud of our oral history interview collection. We have the vast majority of our transcripts online, which is somewhat unusual in the world of oral ...

I am delighted to continue our author interview series with this conversation with sociologist Janet Vertesi. The goal for this interview series is to connect with researchers who are publishing ...

A finding aid is a tool created by records professionals to give information about the contents of archival collections. Finding aids provide detailed inventories to help researchers locate relevant ...

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 ...

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 ...

From the outset the AIP published journals on behalf of its Member Societies, for example, the Physical Review for the American Physical Society. It also acquired or developed scientific journals of ...

On Jan. 27, 1967, fire broke out at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34. Fueled by an exhaustive and fast-burning oxygen-rich atmosphere, the Apollo 1 command capsule ignited from the ...

Founded in 1962, The History Programs mission is to preserve and make known the history of modern physics and its allied fields through our two joint programs. A core component of AIP’s overall ...

Over 50 teaching guides on the history of physics, astronomy, and other physical sciences, highlighting contributions across the diverse community of scientists. These teaching guides meet national ...

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 ...

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