The Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) is the professional organisation promoting the discipline of physics and maintaining its standards and the welfare of physicists in Australia.  

See details of the Branch Programme for 2008
27 November	5.00 pm  -  Annual General Meeting 5.30 pm  -  Prof Bob Delbourgo - The 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics: Broken symmetry

History of Physics in Tasmania. The book "History of Physics in Tasmania 1792 - 1982", by A G Fenton, is available for $15 plus postage.  Please contact the Branch Secretary.

The annual AIP Quiz for year 12 physics students in Tasmania was held on Saturday, 6 October 2007.  To save student travel the event was held simultaneously at Launceston College, for northern and north-western students, and at the Australian Antarctic Division at Kingston for southern students.  The two venues were linked electronically. The event was won by a team from Hutchins School. The 2005 and 2004 quizzes are still available for download as PDF files.  There was no quiz in 2006.

What is it like being a physicist? What are job prospects? Look at what Tasmanian physicists have to say.
We have a colourful brochure illustrating a range of the physics done in Tasmania.

For secondary teachers and students of Physics and other Sciences, look for the Australian Academy of Science project Science in the news. For readable articles on latest developments in physics, the American Physical Society produces Physical Review Focus. What fields of science will shape Australia's future? The Australian Academy of Science has identified eight. Physicists will be involved in all of them. Physics education is a focus of the Institute of Physics PhysicsWeb January 2004. 

The AIP has three grades of membership -  Associate, Member and Fellow.  Branches in every State organise local activities.  You can email the National Secretariat, which is located in Melbourne .  The AIP contributes to national science policy through FASTS.

The Tasmanian Annual Report from the last Annual Meeting is available. 

The Branch Committee thanks the School of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Tasmania for hosting these pages.