New Haven, Conn. -- The first annual Abraham Pais Award for the History of Physics was presented to Martin J. Klein, Eugene Higgins Professor Emeritus of Physics and the History of Science at Yale ...

The American Physical Society awarded former UC Santa Cruz physicist Michael Riordan on October 15 with its Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics, citing his “important contributions to the ...

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 ...

Introduction / Jed Z. Buchwald and Robert Fox -- pt. I. Physics and the new science. Was there a scientific revolution? / John L. Heilbron ; Galileo's mechanics of natural motion and projectiles / N.M ...

In December, 1930, a group of physicists convened a meeting in Tübingen, Germany to discuss the latest developments in nuclear physics. A logical person to have at such a meeting would've been ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about physics, science, academia, and pop culture. As 2019 winds down, we’re seeing a lot of stories offering wrap-ups of ...

Bell’s theorem is one of the most significant results in quantum mechanics. So why, wonders Iulia Georgescu, did John Bell publish it in a little-known, short-lived journal called Physics? Short life, ...

Join us for an insightful webinar based on Women and Physics (Second Edition), where we will explore the historical journey, challenges, and achievements of women in the field of physics, with a focus ...