International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)
Union internationale de physique pure et appliquée (UIPPA)
Unión Internacional de Fisica Pura y Aplicada
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1922 Brussels Belgium
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Stimulate and promote international cooperation in physics; sponsor suitable international meetings, and assist organizing committees; foster the preparation and the publication of abstracts of papers and tables of physical constants; promote international agreements on the use of symbols, units, nomenclature and standards; foster free circulation of scientists; encourage research and education.
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Links with: F-XF2101 - Asian Physics Education Network (ASPEN); C-XC1440 - Bureau international des poids et mesures (BIPM); E-XE4575 - Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME); B-XB3383 - UNESCO.
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Represented in: E-XE0319 - Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA); E-XE0323 - Committee on Space Research (COSPAR); C-XC2788 - International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM). In liaison with technical committees of: B-XB2314 - International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Links with: D-XD1020 - African Physical Society (AfPS); D-XJ0238 - Asian Intense Laser Network (AILN); D-XD3054 - Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies (AAPPS); F-XF2371 - Balkan Physical Union (BPU); C-XC1561 - Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (CIE); B-XC1382 - International Astronomical Union (IAU); B-XC2311 - International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP).
- Member of: International Science Council (ISC)
- Instrumental in setting up: International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB)
- Supports: Inter-American Council on Physics Education
- Cooperates with: International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
- Cooperates with: International Organization for Crystal Growth (IOCG)
- Cooperates with: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
- Cooperates with: Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)
- Cooperates with: Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP)
- Links indicated by: International Association of Physics Students (IAPS)
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XC2768
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