Records of Lewis Slack, ca. 1968-1988.

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Records of Lewis Slack, ca. 1968-1988.

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Correspondence, minutes, memos, reports, publications. Records from the tenure of Lewis Slack as associate director of Educational Programs. Includes files on the Public Information Division (Science Writers Seminar, radio, television, Science Writing Award); the Center for History of Physics including information on the Advisory Committee on the History of Physics; Physics Today; the Education Division including the Society of Physics Students; and the Manpower/Statistics Division. There are also files on AIP Member Societies, particularly the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers, and other scientific organizations such as the National Science Foundation; much of this material relates to science education and public understanding of science.

10 lin. ft. (10 boxes)

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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