Howard Stein, acclaimed UChicago philosopher and historian of physics, 1929‒2024 Scholar remembered for his curiosity, elegant writing, and dedication to the history and philosophy of physics ...

This episode of Physics World Stories explores a new book that restores women to the early history of quantum mechanics ...

First came the idea of splitting the atom; then, a chain of events leading to a moment forever etched in collective memory—the use of nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

The surprises in the history of physics are far too many to comprehensively describe, but we polled a variety of physicists for some of their favorites. A few discoveries, such as the accelerating ...

Closed doors Many Manhattan Project physicists who worked on the creation of the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos viewed the secrecy surrounding the project as contrary to scientific ideals. (Courtesy: ...

Object Details Author Kragh, Helge 1944- Contents Fin-de-siècle physics: a world picture in flux -- The world of physics -- Discharges in gases and what followed -- Atomic architecture -- The slow ...

At the center of each classical black hole is a paradox: a singularity, where gravity is infinite and the laws of physics break down. But a new theoretical breakthrough says such cosmic dead ends ...

That experiment, says Indianara Silva, a professor of physical sciences and history at the State University of Feira de Santana in Brazil, was the 1949 Wu-Shaknov experiment.

This has happened many times in the history of physics and astronomy. First, we thought Earth was at the center of the solar system — an idea that stood for over 1,000 years. Then Nicolaus ...