Watch recordings from the Spring General Meeting of the APS, including the Goldstine Lecture by Vint Cerf and the inaugural Benjamin Franklin Biostasis Conjecture Symposium
The APS Press is pleased to announce a series of brief, essay-like books, Disciplines & Discontinuities, to tell the stories of how scholarly fields change.
The American Philosophical Society Library is a major national center for research in the history of the sciences, early American history, and Native American ethnography and linguistics.
Philosophical Hall, adjacent to Independence Hall, has been the home of the American Philosophical Society since 1789. In its Museum, visitors will see exhibitions drawn from the Society’s renowned collections that trace American history and science from the Founding Fathers to the digital age.
The American Philosophical Society is the oldest learned society in the United States. Founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743, it continues its mission of "promoting useful knowledge" through research, fellowships, and public outreach.