[ RadSafe ] [Fwd: Celebrating The World Year of Physics]

[John Jacobus]

Every year is a celebration of physics for us.

--- bobcherry at cox.net wrote:

> Shouldn't the health physics community be observing
> The World Year of Physics in some fashion?
> 
> Bob C
> > 
> > From: sps at aip.org
> > Date: 2005/03/02 Wed AM 09:30:36 EST
> > To: bobcherry at COX.NET
> > Subject: Celebrating The World Year of Physics
> > 
> > 
> > Greetings Sigma Pi Sigma members, and Happy World
> Year of Physics!
> > 
> > ... we are all celebrating this year: major
> physics societies and publications, the US Congress
> and even the United Nations have all declared 2005
> the International/World Year of Physics in
> celebration of the 100th anniversary of Einstein's
> miraculous year of physics discoveries in 1905.
> > 
> > Are you looking for ways to get involved? See the
> luxurious list of ideas below or go to
> www.physics2005.org .
> > 
> > This is the third ever email to members of Sigma
> Pi Sigma, the physics honor society, and I thought I
> would highlight a few items revolving around this
> year's celebration of the World Year of
> Physics---here's the capsule version
> > 1) Sigma Pi Sigma 2004 Congress reports
> > 2) Free WYP2005 lapel pins for SPS sponsors
> > 3) Purchase a WYP2005 Promotional Kit for any
> event
> > 4) WYP Top Ten list
> > 5) Reading endurance bonus
> > 6) Summer job clearinghouse for students
> > 
> > and the longer version follows. Take care, Gary
> > 
> > If you no long wish to receive this mailing,
> please send an email to sigma at aip.org with the word
> 'REMOVE' in the SUBJECT line.
> > 
> > 1) Sigma Pi Sigma Congress kicks off World Year of
> Physics (http://www.sigmapisigma.org/congress.htm )
> > and draws largest numbers ever! Send a link to
> your friends to let them know:
> >      a) Ethics recommendations put forward, see
> http://www.sigmapisigma.org/ethics.htm
> >      b) Trinity site visit attracts 200, see
> photos 
> http://www.sigmapisigma.org/congress/index.htm
> >      c) Students report on exciting plenary talks 
> http://www.sigmapisigma.org/congress_reports.htm
> >      d) Abstracts from the meeting are available
> http://www.sigmapisigma.org/abstracts.htm
> > 
> > 2) Help us find more physics students to join in
> the celebration and we'll send you a commemorative
> WYP 2005 lapel pin. Here's how it works: Lead a
> student to the Society of Physics Students
> membership website at
> http://www..spsnational.org/info/membership.htm; if
> they join as new members and indicate that you
> referred them, then we'll send you a WYP 2005 lapel
> pin with the 'hourglass' logo. Forgotten the
> difference between Sigma Pi Sigma and The Society of
> Physics Students (SPS)? They're 'linked, but
> distinct', as I like to say; see the blurb at the
> bottom of this message for more info about the two
> organizations.
> > 
> > 3) If you are part of a group that is hosting a
> World Year of Physics event, how about getting a WYP
> 2005 promotional kit?
> > You can get the standard kit with pins, magazines,
> balloons, glasses and posters for $35, or you can
> purchase individual items as you require. These
> items work great as door prizes, science awards for
> graduates, or fun give-away items for volunteers at
> demo shows or at formal events. Go to
>
http://www.spsnational.org/societynews/2005WYP_shirts.htm
> >   or contact the SPS office at 301-209-3007,
> sps at aip.org for more details.
> > 
> > 4) Top ten ideas for celebrating the World Year of
> Physics:
> >           a) Host an Einstein Birthday Party on
> 3/14, aka Pi-Day (3.14 ~ Pi, get it?).
> >           b) Put the website in your email
> salutations... www.physics2005.org
> >           c) Display a home-made Einstein
> caricature in your favorite lunchroom or library.
> >           d) Conduct a local science demonstration
> event in a local school or mall.
> >           e) Help get the word out about the
> International Poster Competition for ages 10-16, go
> to 
>
http://www.scienceacross.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.showcontent&node=374
>  	
> >         f) Go shopping for WYP T-shirts, cool
> multi-LED pens, etc. Email us at sps at aip.org or see
>
http://www.spsnational.org/societynews/2005WYP_shirts.htm
> 	
> >         g) Identify potential new physicists with
> the US Physics Talent Search,
>
http://www.physics2005.org/events/talentsearch/index.html
> >         h) Post an event on the official WYP
> website,
> http://www.physics2005.org/cgi-bin/wyp.cgi?ID=2000
> >         i) Detect gravity waves; sign up for
> Einstein at Home; see
>
http://www.physics2005.org/events/einsteinathome/index.html
> for details.
> > and last but not least:
> >                 j) Enlighten your community with
> "Physics Enlighten the World" on April 18, 2005.
> Physics enlightens the world----A relay of darkness
> and light, circling the globe in one night, uniting
> all countries under the banner of
> physics.-----Contact persons: Max E. Lippitsch and
> Sonja Draxler
> > A world-wide action, maybe worth an entry in the
> Guinness Book of World Records, will in true sense
> form a highlight of the World Year of Physics.In the
> evening of April 18, 2005 lights are switched off in
> Princeton, NJ, to commemorate the 50th anniversary
> of Einstein's death. A light emerges, forming the
> seed for a grand optical relay. The flash of
> darkness and light wanders across the country,
> transgresses boundaries, spans a continent, leaps
> across the seas, spreads over hemispheres and
> eventually embraces the whole globe, uniting all
> nations by the enlightening power of physics.
> Register at http://www.wyp2005.at/glob1-light.htm
> > 
> > 5) If you're still reading after all this, I have
> a reward for you! We've got a few extra SPS 2005
> calendar and Einstein posters---if you want one just
> reply to this email indicating whether you want a
> calendar poster or an Einstein poster, and I'll send
> them out until they run out!
> > 
> > 6) Summer science opportunities for undergraduates
> are on The Nucleus! Go to www.compadre.org/student
> > If you know an opportunity that needs to be
> posted, contact us at sps at aip.org
> > 
> > SPS and Sigma Pi Sigma have been contributing to
> the physics part of the National Science Digital
> Library (www.ComPADRE.org), offering prizes for
> participants, providing focus groups, editorial
> services, and critiques, as well as providing many
> of its users. Many in the scientific community are
> begininning to notice that a student organization
> like SPS has much to offer the rest of the
> professional community beyond merely future society
> members, and SPS is serving as a role model in this
> regard. If you haven't seen 'The Nucleus' go check
> it out, and find out what it's all about.
> > 
> > 
> > SPS and Sigma Pi Sigma, linked but distinct:
> > SPS is the Society of Physics Students, the
> professional society for physics students and their
> mentors. With over 4500 members in over 700 chapters
> on college campuses, SPS provides opportunities for
> physics students across the nation, including
> research awards, outreach programs, scholarships,
> and travel awards. The SPS website (at
> www.spsnational.org) provides information and
> applications for these opportunities, as well as
> other physics contacts, society news, hot science,
> physics career information, and the lighter side of
> physics. SPS membership is $20 per year and
> undergraduate members receive Physics Today magazine
> as well as the opportunity to become part of one of
> 10 other physics professional societies through the
> joint membership program. About 500 of the 700 SPS
> chapters also have Sigma Pi Sigma chapter on campus.
> > 
> > Sigma Pi Sigma (www.sigmapisigma.org) is the
> national physics honor society, with chapters in
> about 500 of the 700 SPS campuses. Members, usually
> upper level undergraduates but sometimes graduate
> students, alumni, and faculty, are elected into
> Sigma Pi Sigma based on academic record. About
> 37,000 members of Sigma Pi Sigma receive Radiations,
> the society's official publication, twice per year.
> Sigma Pi Sigma members pay one-time dues ($25 if
> already a member of Society of Physics Students;
> $45, if not) upon their reception into the society,
> and many of them choose to support SPS programs,
> scholarships, and awards through annual donations
> made to the society. The society hosts a Congress
> every four years; the most recent Sigma Pi Sigma
> Congress was held Albuquerque in October, 2004, and
> served as a kick-off event for the 2005 World Year
> of Physics celebration. Details about how an SPS
> chapter can be expanded to include a Sigma Pi Sigma
> chapter 
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-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
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