Spencer Weart Awarded 2015 Abraham Pais Prize

Spencer Weart

Spencer Weart, director of AIP’s Center for History of Physics from 1974 until his retirement in 2009, has received the 2015 Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics. The prize is awarded annually and was established in 2005 by the APS through its Forum on the History of Physics and by AIP to recognize outstanding scholarly achievements in the history of physics. Weart is being recognized “for foundational contributions to the intellectual progress, institutional underpinnings, and public impact of the history of physics, from nuclear physics to condensed matter to climate change.” He will present the Pais Prize Lecture, “Understanding the Impacts of Global Warming: A History,” at the March APS meeting. See the prize announcement on the APS website.

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Former CHP director honored for his public impact on the history of physics