The Sixth AIP Early Career Conference was hosted by the Federal University of Bahia in Salvador, Brazil, and took place at the Sol Victoria Marina hotel.
The Sixth AIP Early-Career Conference for Historians of the Physical Sciences took place in Salvador, Brazil, from August 4 to 9. Young scholars in our field gathered from around the world to share their work and build a more cohesive community. It was a marvelous success in a beautiful location, and we would like to extend our great thanks to the organizing committee and to our gracious and hard-working hosts at the Federal University of Bahia.
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History from Physics Today
AIP Grants to Archives: 2025 application deadline is October 27, 2025.
The AIP Grants to Archives program provides support for projects that aim to preserve and provide greater access to collections in the history of the physical sciences. Check our website for further information.
Read about a recently funded project:
The Lloyd Espenschied Collection on Electrical History
features a selection of rare texts on the history of electricity and telecommunication that were collected by former Bell Labs engineer Lloyd Espenschied and donated to the library in 1964. It consists of texts from the collection that were already on the repository, along with several new additions. The recently added books are:
- Abhandlung von dem elektrischen Grundsätzen (1779) by Franz Seraphim Zallinger zum Thurn
- Chart of the company’s telegraphic system in Great Britain (1853) by Electric Telegraph Company
- A dissertation concerning electricity (1742) by J. T. Desaguliers
- Essai sur l’electricite des corps (1754) by Abbé (Jean Antoine) Nollet
- Histoire de l’Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres de Berlin Année MDCCXLV (1745)
- Magnetischer atlas gehörig zum Magnetismus der erde (1819) by Christopher Hansteen
- A particular account of the electrical experiments hitherto made publick : with variety of new ones, and full instructions for performing them : to which is annex’d the description of a compleat electrical machine, and its apparatus, with the way of using it (1747) by Francis Watkins
- Recherches sur la cause des phénomènes électriques de l’atmosphère, et sur les moyens d’en recueillir la manifestation (1842) by J. C. Athanase Peltier
- Ricerche sopra la cause particolari de fenomeni elettrici, e sopra gli effetti nocivi o vantaggiosi che se ne puo’ attendere (1750) by Abbé (Jean Antoine) Nollet
- Sequel to Experiments and Observations Tending to Illustrate the Nature and
- Properties of Electricity (1746) by William Watson
- A treatise on the nature and property of fire : in three essays (1752) by John Freke
- Untersuchungen uber den magnetismus der erde (1819) by Christopher Hansteen
- Kalman Migler , interviewed October 16, 2024, by Jon Phillips
An Emory physics undergraduate student presents background knowledge necessary for understanding their Bachelor’s thesis work on quadrupolar excitons. Commitee members Drs. Luiz Santos and Ajit Srivastava are present.
Photo by Kristen Gram, courtesy of AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives.
We are thrilled to share that we have received new photos since the announcement of our submission tool, such as this 2024 image of an Emory physics undergraduate student and thesis committee. Whether it’s a formal portrait, a candid lab photo, or an image that captures your community’s spirit, your submission can help us build a richer, more inclusive record of our physical sciences community. Submit yours!
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