ABSTRACT
A number of examples were cited of aspects of the exchange that were considered especially beneficial to United States (US) scientists. As a result of cooperation in biomolecular physics, US researchers gained a clearer picture of protein movement, function and the underlying physics involved. Theoretical physics was established as one of the programs of exchange under the Science and Technology Agreement at the first meeting of the Joint Commission in 1972, when the two academies were asked to develop a cooperative program in the area under the Joint Commission's auspices. The physics working group program consisted of six project areas in which joint research activities, seminars, and exchange visits by individual scientists took place. These are condensed matter physics, relativistic astrophysics, particle physics, laser interactionswith matter, mathematical physics, and quantum dynamics and reactivity of large molecules. The US working group chairman, David Pines, selected the participants through consultation with the National Academy's Physics Committee.
