From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| European Physical Society |
| Abbreviation |
EPS |
| Formation |
1968 |
| Purpose/focus |
promote physics and physicists in Europe |
| Location |
France |
| secretary general |
David Lee |
| Website |
http://www.eps.org/ |
The European Physical Society (EPS) is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote physics and physicists in Europe. Formally established in 1968,[1] its membership includes the national physical societies of 40 countries, and some 2500 individual members. The Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, the world's largest organization of physicists, is a major member.[2] One of its main activities is organizing international conferences. Its magazine is Europhysics Letters; its other publications include Europhysics News and the European Journal of Physics.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Lewis, John L. (1999), 125 Years: The Physical Society and the Institute of Physics, Taylor & Francis, pp. 126, ISBN 0750306092, http://books.google.com/books?id=NtMiBPgdF6cC&pg=RA1-PA126&dq=%22european+physical+society%22++history+-wikipedia&sig=F1N-SNd1eNZ7XzecQrtcxWGTHpQ
- ^ (in German) Europhysics News, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, http://www.dpg-physik.de/info/epn.html, retrieved 2008-12-13, "European Physical Society (EPS), in der auch die DPG als nationale Gesellschaft Mitglied ist."
- ^ http://www.eps.org/publications — EPS Website, http://www.eps.org/publications, retrieved 2008-12-13
[edit] External links
.jpeg){kind=small}
