"Physics has endless frontiers", says Executive Director Marc Brodsky

Marc BrodskyThe American Institute of Physics (AIP) has begun a year-long celebration of its 75th anniversary in 2006. AIP is a not-for-profit corporation devoted to advancing and diffusing the knowledge of physics and related sciences and its application to human welfare. As part of the celebration, internationally known scientists, government officials, publishers, and others will convene at a two-day event in May in Washington, DC and at the American Center for Physics in College Park, MD.

During the entire anniversary year, AIP will hold events and deliver stories that examine the monumental growth in physics research and publishing since 1931, explore the many changes in the world of physics, and identify the frontiers of today's research.

"In the past 75 years, breakthroughs in physics have led to life-saving medical imaging, ubiquitous computers, inexpensive worldwide telecommunications, and an ever-deepening knowledge of matter, the Earth and the universe," said Marc H. Brodsky, AIP's Executive Director and CEO . "AIP with its Member Societies has played an important role in scientific knowledge transfer that culminates in positive life-enhancing and life-changing developments in society."

AIP and its partners have just begun efforts to advance and diffuse physics knowledge, Brodsky emphasized. "There are so many challenges still before us to understand the physical and biological world and to use that knowledge to improve people's lives," he said.

AIP 75th AnniversaryAIP's keynote event for its 75th anniversary will take place on May 3-5, 2006, with a two-day series of talks, receptions, exhibits, and the semi-annual meeting of its Governing Board. Highlights include talks by Presidential Science Adviser John Marburger, Nobel Laureate Steven Chu, and National Academy of Sciences President Ralph Cicerone. Other events include a convocation on the history and future of scholarly journal publishing and an art exhibit by artist Patrick Hughes.

AIP is one of the world's largest publishers of physics journals, and provides publishing services for a multitude of journals of physics societies and in other science and engineering fields. It is a pioneer and leader in electronic journal publication. AIP's ten Member Societies are dedicated to diverse areas of physics and related fields. AIP's flagship publication is the monthly magazine, Physics Today , with over 130,000 subscribers including all the individual members of AIP's Member Societies.