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AIP Advances Now Indexed in Thomson Reuters Databases (5/16/12)
This important milestone is further evidence of the journal's impact on scientific research.
Theoretical Physicist Lisa Randall Wins 2012 Gemant Award (5/16/12)
Award recognizes significant contributions to the cultural, artistic, or humanistic dimension of physics.
AIP's The Journal of Chemical Physics spotlights Nobel Laureate Roald Hoffmann (4/19/12)
Hoffmann and colleagues discuss their recent series of papers on dense hydrogen
AIP Offers Sneak Peek of Two Future Materials Science Journals (4/10/12)
JAP Materials and APL Materials will be peer-reviewed, open-access journals
Fred Dylla, AIP Executive Director & CEO, delivers congressional testimony on "Federally Funded Research: Examining Public Access and Scholarly Publication Interests"
Oral Congressional testimony, March 29, 2012 
Written Congressional testimony, March 29, 2012
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On the circuit
Rachel Ivie
Assistant Director
Statistical Research Center |
Limited Resources, Limited Opportunities, and the Accumulation of Disadvantage: Evidence from the Global Survey of Physicists
Invited presentation at the APS April Meeting, April 2, 2012
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Susan White
Research Manager
Statistical Research Center |
Physics in US High Schools: Truths and Untruths
Invited presentation at the APS April Meeting, April 1, 2012
Abstract: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg once noted that "[t]he most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted." In this talk, I will look at truths — and attempt to dispel untruths — regarding physics in US high schools. Using data from our quadrennial Nationwide Survey of High School Physics Teachers, I'll address questions such as:
- Does every student in the US have access to physics in high school?
- Does every student take physics in high school?
- Does taking physics in high school impact future career paths?
- How well do students in different states do with respect to high school physics and preparation for STEM careers?
- Do high school physics teachers have physics training?
- How well are females and minorities represented in high school physics?
- Did every student earning a bachelor's degree in physics from a US institution take physics in high school?
I will also consider the impact of high school physics on future academic pursuits in STEM fields using the Science and Engineering Readiness Index (SERI) developed by Paul Cottle and me. SERI provides a way to examine progress in K-12 physical science education on a state-by-state basis.
By the way, Lichtenberg was the first person to hold a professorship dedicated to experimental physics in Germany and was one of the first scientists to introduce experiments with apparatus in his lectures. Today he is remembered for his investigations in electricity, for discovering branching discharge patterns on dielectrics now called Lichtenberg figures. As every physicist does, he wanted to get at the truth and avoid distortions. This talk does just that.
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