The Institute of Physics is a leading international professional body and learned society with over 37,000 members, which promotes the advacement and dissemination of a knowledge of and education in the science of physics, pure and applied.
The World Year of Physics 2005 is a United Nations endorsed, international celebration of physics. Events throughout the year will highlight the vitality of physics and its importance in the coming millenium, and will commemorate the pioneering contributions of Albert Einstein in 1905.