We are the Niels Bohr Library & Archives at the American Institute of Physics. We preserve and make known the history of physics and allied fields.
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Wikimedia DC is pleased to announce the launch of 25 for 250, an editing campaign to celebrate Wikipedia's 25th and America's 250th birthdays! Join in creating articles submitted by @ngadc, @SIAmericanWomen and @AIP_Library! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe…
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Did you know that Maurice Sendak’s first credited work as an artist was a set of illustrations made for a 1947 popular-science book titled 𝘈𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴?
pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/on…
📸: McGraw-Hill/public domain
#histSTM #physics #ColdWar #STEM #MauriceSendak #childrensbooks
ALT A drawing of a car arriving at a crossroads. The road to the left is labeled “war” and heads toward a destroyed cityscape with a mushroom cloud overhead; the road to the “right” is labeled peace and heads toward a utopian metropolis.
ALT A drawing depicting the “chemical dance floor.” Women wearing shirts labeled Na, the chemical symbol for sodium atoms, meet and dance with men wearing shirts labeled Cl, the chemical symbol for chlorine atoms.
ALT The spine of the book Atomics for the Millions.
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"The work doesn’t end with the SPS internship. I have so much to do this fall." 🍂🏛️ Goodbye DC, hello new adventures! @AIP_Library Intern Piper Malczewski ends her summer with fond memories, reflections on her internship projects, and big plans ahead.
spsnational.org/programs/int…
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Are you a student or a science enthusiast? Grab a few friends and test your knowledge of influential physical scientists with @AIP_Library's game "Heads Up." 🌟🔬 #PhysicsHistory
Download today! aip.org/history-programs/phy…
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Diving deep into #climatechange policy has been eye-opening for @AIP_Library Intern Piper Malczewski! From citing Rio Conference principles to the Charney Panel, she’s been learning about the role of scientists in climate science and policy.📜 Learn more:
spsnational.org/programs/int…
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Join our @AIP_Library intern Kai Hostetter-Habib in his week 5 blog, “Death by Chocolate,” where he secured a byline in @PhysicsToday, participated in a Shrek-themed trivia night, and explored museums like the @Hirshhorn and the @SmithsonianNMAI: spsnational.org/programs/int…
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🗄️ From Our #OralHistory Collection: an interview with Nergis Mavalvala, Ph.D., the Pakistani American astrophysicist and first woman Dean of MIT’s School of Science who helped detect gravitational waves. aip.org/history-programs/nie… #PrideMonth🌈
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Big news! We started an Instagram! Find us at instagram.com/aip_history/
Our first post on the 'gram features this image from our collections: Physicist Douglas Allan dancing the part of Captain Hook in a local ballet production of "Peter Pan."
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Educators! Celebrate #BlackHoleWeek and #AAPIHeritageMonth with your class using @AIP_Library's free teaching guide on Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, which explores the discovery and research around black holes. Access it here: aip.org/history-programs/phy…
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ACOUSTICS LAY LANGUAGE PAPER
Why do singers change their vowels? Read "Vowel Adjustments: The Key to High-Pitched Singing" to learn more: acoustics.org/vowel-adjustme…
#ASA186
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In the past few decades, electronic devices have shrunk to miniature sizes, leading to more challenging operating environments in nanogaps. #Scilight
Learn more 👇
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Our newest report "Who Teaches High School Physics?" is now available. This report examines high school physics teachers in the US through information such as demographics, qualifications, and teaching loads. See the full report here: ww2.aip.org/statistics/who-t…
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ACROSS ACOUSTICS
New! Find out why some acousticians call the creation of Phillharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center the "greatest acoustic failure of the 20th century": buzzsprout.com/1537384/14998…
#acoustics #architecture
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AT COLLECTION - Ask an Acoustician
We asked the same set of questions to acousticians from different fields, career stages, and parts of the world. Their responses are informative and entertaining, demonstrating the rich diversity of ASA members. acousticstoday.org/at-collec…
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#EarthDay is the perfect day for a journey to the center of the earth! 🌍 Join @AIP_Library's Corinne Mona in this 2023 Photos of the Month as she explores archival ESVA images about Inge Lehmann and seismology. aip.org/history-programs/nie…
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From The High Frontier to Astronomical Dialogues Between a Gentleman and a Lady and Science from Your Airplane Window: a few new titles available at NBLA! This post highlights exciting new acquisitions and discusses how and why we collect books: aip.org/history-programs/nie…
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I have to admit, Eunice Foote does deserve to be better known #WomensHistoryMonth
This #WomensHistoryMonth, learn the story of the once-forgotten climate scientist, activist, and inventor, Eunice Foote, with help from the #InitialConditions podcast and Sir @Roland_Jackson.
🎧 Listen here: aip.org/initialconditions/eu…
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"Once upon a time, #physics—or natural philosophy, as it was called until the second half of the 19th century—was a girls’ subject," writes historian Joanna Behrman (@physhist) in this 2022 article. #WomensHistoryMonth pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/ar…
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“An atmosphere of that gas [carbon dioxide] would give to our earth a high temperature”
The story of Eunice Newton Foote’s long-overlooked 1856 discovery of the heat-absorbing properties of carbon dioxide and water vapor. #ClimateChange #WomensHistoryMonth pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/on…
