history of physics

The history of physics shows that good ideas get tested."

There'll always be room for surprises, as the history of physics has shown again and again.

This discrepancy has been called "the worst theoretical prediction in the history of physics!"

We also possess in fragments a History of Physics.

In addition to the garden, best visited in the spring and summer, the university also manages nine museums, including a History of physics museum.

The history of physics is replete with cases where an elegant model came up against some recalcitrant data, and the model eventually won.

Center for History of Physics.

As I recall from the history of Physics, the ancient lasers were able to achieve the necessary ex-citation, even using crude natural crystals.

Max von Laue: History of Physics.

History of Physics (Readings from Physics Today, No 2).

The history of physics is filled with stories in which theorists needed a new particle to satisfy their sense of aesthetics, and nature went on to oblige.

For this latest entry, I thought I would focus on one of the most important minds in the history of physics - Albert Einstein.

The American Physical Society has awarded an Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics annually since 2005.

He then undertook writing the story of the history of physics and the cultural, philosophical, and societal movements that had shaped and been shaped by its development.

It was at Hechingen that Laue wrote his book on the history of physics Geschichte der Physik, which was eventually translated into seven other languages.

In 1995, he was elected chairman of the History of Physics Forum of the American Physical Society (of which he is currently a fellow).

At Yale University, he was the Eugene Higgins emeritus professor of the history of physics and an emeritus professor of physics.

John Lewis Heilbron (born 17 March 1934), is an American historian of science best known for his work in the history of physics and the history of astronomy.

He was professor of electrical engineering at Technical University of Budapest and the author of the popular tabletop book A Cultural History of Physics.

Hans and his mother Bertha, donated Fritz's papers to the Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics after his death in 1969.

"These things have a symbolic value," said Dr. Spencer Weart, director of the Center for the History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics.

The Continuing Revolution: A History of Physics From The Greeks to Einstein, New York: McGraw Hill, 1968.

Bastiaan Willink, The collaboration between Korteweg and de Vries - An enquiry into personalities, History of Physics, 16 p., October 2007 (arXiv.org).

The Life and Times of Modern Physics: History of Physics II (Readings from Physics Today, No 5).

Max Jammer, 2007 Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics Recipient, American Physical Society, Prizes, Awards & Fellowships.