The American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics have established the Abraham Pais Award for the History of Physics. The award will be bestowed annually in recognition of “outstanding scholarly achievements in the history of physics.” Open to scholars worldwide, the award will be shared by up to three people in any given year. Winners will split the $5000 purse and receive travel funds to deliver an invited talk at an APS meeting.
A renowned theoretical particle physicist and historian of physics, Pais is best known among historians for his book, Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein (American Philological Association, 1982), which won the 1983 American Book Award in Science. Pais died in 2000 (see the obituary in Physics Today, May 2001, page 79).
The first Pais award will be announced in 2005. Nominations are due by 1 May 2004....
