From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Thu Dec 11 2003 - 10:18:03 PST
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Subject: [HASTRO-L] FW:New History of Physics award
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> Subject: New History of Physics award
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> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:14:56 -0500
> From: Spencer Weart <sweart_at_aip.org>
>
> Abraham Pais Award for the History of Physics
>
> The American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics have
> established a major new award, the Abraham Pais Award for the History of
> Physics, which will recognize outstanding scholarly achievements in the
> history of physics. A renowned theoretical particle physicist and
> historian of physics, Pais died in July 2000. Among historians, he is best
> known for his book Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert
> Einstein, which won the 1983 American Book Award in Science.
>
> The award will be given annually and consists of $5000, a certificate
> citing the recipient's contributions to the history of physics, and funds
> to travel to an APS meeting to receive the award and deliver an invited
> talk on the history of physics. The award is the first to be established
> specifically for the history of physics.
>
> The first selection committee will be chaired by Roger H. Stuewer
> (University of Minnesota) and other members are Allan D. Franklin
> (University of Colorado), Lillian Hoddeson (University of Illinois,
> Urbana-Champaign), Anne J. Kox (University of Amsterdam), and Spencer R
> Weart (AIP). The first award will be conferred in 2005. Nominations are
> due by May 1, 2004, and should be sent to Stuewer. For further
> information, see the website of the APS Forum on History of Physics
> http://www.aps.org/units/fhp/pais/index.html
>
> The Pais Award will usually be given to a single person but in any case to
> no more than three individuals and is open to scholars of all
> nationalities.
>
> For the past two years, an award establishment committee has been working
> on the concept and then the fundraising. The initial goal of $100,000 to
> establish an endowment has been reached. A major contribution came from
> John and Elizabeth Armstrong, who gave $30,000 outright and provided
> another $30,000 in matching funds to challenge other donors. Fundraising
> to cover travel expenses and to raise the amount of the award is
> continuing, according to Benjamin Bederson (New York University), who
> chairs the award establishment committee. Other members are Stephen G.
> Brush (University of Maryland), Gloria B. Lubkin (AIP), Harry Lustig (APS
> treasurer emeritus), Michael Riordan (Stanford University and University
> of California, Santa Cruz), Stuewer, and Weart.
>
>
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