Physics and the world in 1982
DOI: 10.1063/1.2915569
Physicists and organizations of physicists, like all individuals and groups, are subject to the influence of events in this country and throughout the world. It is interesting to examine how physicists and The American Physical Society, through its elected council, committees, president and professional staff, have reacted to and become involved in some of these events. A quick glance at the last year shows physicists active along a broad front of important issues—working to increase the number of women in physics, trying to improve our knowledge of the Washington scene, joining in an effort to minimize government control over the flow of technical information when national security is not at stake, standing up for physicists and other scientists in difficulty in many countries, and organizing educational activities concerning nuclear‐arms control. At the same time, within budgetary limits, physicists have vigorously continued to pursue research.
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References
1. Physics in Your Future, available from Committee on the Status of Women in Physics, The American Physical Society, 335 East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017.
2. J. H. Sammons, quoted in The New York Times, 2 January 1983, page 25.
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Maurice Goldhaber, Brookhaven National Laboratory.
