Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2024
Monday–Friday, March 4–8, 2024; Minneapolis & Virtual
Session Q56: The American Physical Society at 125Invited Undergrad Friendly
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Sponsoring Units: FHPP Chair: Joseph Martin, Durham University; Alberto Martinez, University of Texas at Austin Room: 205AB |
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 3:00PM - 3:36PM |
Q56.00001: The APS: Origins and Adolescence Invited Speaker: Joseph D Martin
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Wednesday, March 6, 2024 3:36PM - 4:12PM |
Q56.00002: That's Not Physics Invited Speaker: Andrew Zangwill Have you ever left a colloquium or a seminar and thought to yourself ``that was interesting, but it wasn’t physics”? If so, you are in good company, because there has long been disagreement in our community about which research specialties belong to the canon of physics and which do not, particularly when it comes to hiring faculty members into physics departments to train PhD students. In this talk, I discuss some aspects of this debate from the founding of the American Physical Society to the present day. Examples include a field that was once a part of physics but is not anymore; a field that was once ``not physics” but is definitely so today; and a field whose status as “physics” remains unsettled in the minds of many. |
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 4:12PM - 4:48PM |
Q56.00003: The American Physical Society and Cold War Political Activism Invited Speaker: Sarah Bridger This talk explores the history of professional societies and political activism, with particular attention to the fierce internal divisions within the American Physical Society during the Cold War and the Vietnam War. |
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 4:48PM - 5:24PM |
Q56.00004: A brief history of women in APS Invited Speaker: Frances Hellman TBD |
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