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The Importance of Physics To Society

Physics is an important field that inspires young people and expands our knowledge of nature while also generating knowledge for technological advances and economic growth. It contributes trained personnel and infrastructure needed for scientific progress and improves quality of life through medical applications. Governments are urged to support physics through national education programs, university research funding, student aid, national laboratories, and international collaboration to maximize its benefits to society.

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The Importance of Physics To Society

Physics is an important field that inspires young people and expands our knowledge of nature while also generating knowledge for technological advances and economic growth. It contributes trained personnel and infrastructure needed for scientific progress and improves quality of life through medical applications. Governments are urged to support physics through national education programs, university research funding, student aid, national laboratories, and international collaboration to maximize its benefits to society.

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The Importance of Physics to Society 

Physics - the study of matter, energy and their interactions - is an international


enterprise, which plays a key role in the future progress of humankind. The support of
physics education and research in all countries is important because:

1. Physics is an exciting intellectual adventure that inspires young people and


expands the frontiers of our knowledge about Nature.
2. Physics generates fundamental knowledge needed for the future technological
advances that will continue to drive the economic engines of the world.
3. Physics contributes to the technological infrastructure and provides trained
personnel needed to take advantage of scientific advances and discoveries.
4. Physics is an important element in the education of chemists, engineers and
computer scientists, as well as practitioners of the other physical and
biomedical sciences.
5. Physics extends and enhances our understanding of other disciplines, such as
the earth, agricultural, chemical, biological, and environmental sciences, plus
astrophysics and cosmology - subjects of substantial importance to all peoples
of the world.
6. Physics improves our quality of life by providing the basic understanding
necessary for developing new instrumentation and techniques for medical
applications, such as computer tomography, magnetic resonance imaging,
positron emission tomography, ultrasonic imaging, and laser surgery.

In summary, for all these reasons, physics is an essential part of the educational
system and of an advanced society. We therefore urge all governments to seek advice
from physicists and other scientists on matters of science policy, and to be supportive
of the science of Physics. This support can take many forms such as:

 National programs to improve physics teaching at all levels of the educational


system.

 Building and maintaining strong departments in universities (and other


academic institutions) with opportunities for grants to support research.

 Scholarships and fellowships for both undergraduate and graduate students


studying physics.

 Adequate funding for national laboratories and the formation of new ones as
appropriate.

 Funding and facilitating international activities and collaborations.

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