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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

The University of London has founded a chair in the ‘history of science,’ and already several excellent volumes have been published giving a broad survey of the outstanding contributions of ...

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.

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 ...

Sam Baron receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The Matter of Everything tells the history of physics through experiments. Any book about the history of science for a general ...

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: ...