Physics has a reputation for being dominated by men, especially a century ago, as quantum physics was just being invented – ...

Ever since Isaac Newton and the falling apple, surprises have often pushed physics forward. Many truths about the universe we live in and the particles that make up ourselves and the world around us, ...

American Scientist (ISSN 0003-0996) is an illustrated bimonthly magazine about science and technology. Each issue is filled with feature articles written by prominent scientists and engineers, ...

In 1915, Albert Einstein, with a little help from his friends, developed a theory of gravity that overturned what we’d thought were the very foundations of physical reality. The idea that the space ...

College Park, MD (April 26, 2007) -- What research-and-development milestones brought thin, large-screen televisions to electronics stores? How do some lab directors build a team whose discoveries ...

In the research field of the history and philosophy of physics, Professor Emeritus Allan Franklin studies the long-term impacts of physics discoveries on the scientific community and the greater ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about physics, science, academia, and pop culture. In December, 1930, a group of physicists convened a meeting in Tübingen ...

Prof. Emeritus Howard Stein, a renowned philosopher and historian of physics at the University of Chicago, died March 8 at his home in Hyde Park. He was 95. A trained philosopher and mathematician, ...

An important document collection is about to transform the history of physics holdings at the Niels Bohr Library, says Robert P Crease Some of the books in Dave Wenner’s history of physics collection.

Watch demonstrations to learn about basic physics principles, such as momentum, rotational motion and angular momentum. Assistant Professor Dr. Jason Howard also will provide information about what ...

Surveys routinely reveal that Physics World readers enjoy articles about the history of physics and would like more of the same. Such articles are popular, I assume, because they are easier to ...