American Physical Society
The American Physical Society (APS) is an American society of physicists founded on May 20, 1899, on the initiative of Arthur Gordon Webster, with the goal of advancing and expanding the knowledge of physics. Headquartered in College Park, Maryland, the organization has approximately 55,000 members as of 2018.
From 1913 the Society published the journal Physical Review, to which were added Physical Review Letters and Reviews of Modern Physics. They now publish the journal with the American Institute of Physics, of which they are a member; the journal itself has been divided into various sections.
It awards several prizes, for example the Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, the Hans A. Bete Prize, the Davisson Germer Prize, the Tom W. Bonner Prize for Nuclear Physics, the Abraham Pais Prize, the Aneesur Rahman Prize, the Hydrodynamics Prize of the American Physical Society, and the Sakurai Prize.Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, the Abraham Pais Prize, the Aneesur Rahman Prize, the American Physical Society Hydrodynamics Prize, the Sakurai Prize, the James Clerk Maxwell Prize in Plasma Physics, the Max Delbruck Prize, the Einstein Prize, the Earle K. Plyler Prize, the Dannie Heineman Prize in Mathematical Physics, the Jesse W. Beams Award, the Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize, I. I. Rabi Prize, Irving Langmuir Award, Andrei Sakharov Prize, Lars Onsager Prize, the Arthur L.Schawlow Prize in Laser Physics, the Leo Szilard Lectureship Award, the Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award, George E. Pake Prize, Polymer Physics Prize, and the Panofsky Prize.
In 2005, APS took a leadership role in U.S. participation in the Year of Physics.
The APS awards Fellow status as an honor.
Footnotes
- ↑ APS Prizes & Awards. American Physical Society, retrieved 25 June 2018 (English).
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Questions and Answers
Q: What is the American Physical Society?
A: The American Physical Society (APS) is a large organization of physicists.
Q: How large is the APS compared to other physics organizations?
A: The APS is the world's second largest organization of physicists.
Q: What scientific journals does the APS publish?
A: The APS publishes over 12 scientific journals, including the Physical Review and Physical Review Letters.
Q: How many science meetings does the APS organize per year?
A: The APS organizes more than 20 science meetings each year.
Q: Is the APS affiliated with any other physics organizations?
A: Yes, the APS is a member society of the American Institute of Physics.
Q: What is the purpose of the APS?
A: The purpose of the APS is to advance and disseminate the knowledge of physics.
Q: Who can join the APS?
A: The APS is open to professionals in the physics field, including researchers, educators, and students.
