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Physics As a Liberal Art by James S. Trefil, 1979-02
A Concise History of Solar and Stellar Physics by Jean-Louis Tassoul, Monique Tassoul, 2004-07-06
Why Beauty Is Truth: A History of Symmetry by Ian Stewart, 2008-04-29
The Tenth Dimension: An Informal History of High-Energy Physics by Jeremy Bernstein, 1989-11
History of Physics (Readings from Physics Today) by Spencer R. Weart, 1985-10
A Cultural History of Physics by Karoly Simonyi, 2011-01-02
Quips, Quotes, and Quanta: An Anecdotal History of Physics by Anton Z. Capri, 2007-09-24
Variational Principles in Physics by Jean-Louis Basdevant, 2010-11-02
The Age of Entanglement: When Quantum Physics Was Reborn (Vintage) by Louisa Gilder, 2009-11-10
The Great Physicists from Galileo to Einstein (Biography of Physics) by George Gamow, 1988-10-01
Early chapters in science; a first book of knowledge of natural history, botany, physiology, physics and chemistry for young people by Frances Emily Moberly Awdry, 2010-08-22
Physics for a New Century: Papers Presented at the 1904 St. Louis Congress (The History of Modern Physics 1800-1950, Vol 5) by Katherine Russell Sopka, 1986-12
1830-1930: A Century of Geometry : Epistemology, History, and Mathematics (Lecture Notes in Physics) by L. Boi, D. Flament, 1992-06
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HISTORY OF PHYSICS: EINSTEIN, LORENTZ, AND THE ETHER
history of physics EINSTEIN, LORENTZ, AND THE ETHER The following points are made by John Stachel (Nature 2005 433215) 1) During the 19th century,
http://scienceweek.com/2005/sa050304-1.htm

Extractions: 1) During the 19th century, the mechanistic world-view based on Isaac Newton's formulation in the Principia (1687) of the kinematics and dynamics of corpuscles of matter, and crowned by his stunningly successful theory of gravitation was challenged first by the optics, then by the electrodynamics of moving bodies. By the mid 1800s Newton's corpuscular theory of light was no longer tenable. To explain Snell's law of refraction, this theory assumed that light corpuscles speed up on encountering a medium of higher refractive index. But in 1849, Leon Foucault (1819-1868) and Hippolyte Fizeau (1819-1896) showed that, in fact, light slowed down, as predicted by the rival wave theory espoused by Newton's contemporary Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695). The problem now was to fit the wave theory of light into the newtonian picture of the world. 2) Indeed, the ether the medium through which light waves were assumed to propagate in the absence of ordinary, ponderable matter seemed to provide a physical embodiment of Newton's absolute space. But elucidating the relation between ether and ponderable matter presented grave problems: did moving matter drag the ether with it either totally or partially or did the ether remain immobile? It proved impossible to reconcile the consequences of any of these hypotheses with all the experimental results on the optics of moving bodies. By the last third of the nineteenth century, many physicists were acutely aware of this problem.
History Of Physics Authors/titles Recent Submissions
history of physics at Carolinahistory of physics at UNC. The subject of physics was one of the fields of knowledge contained in the original curriculum drawn up by a committee before the
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Science > Physics > History
These pictures are in the vein of The history of physics and are images Databases and digital archives for the history of physics in Italy after the
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Connexions - Center For History Of Physics - View Link
A Web site presented by the American Institute of Physics that preserves and makes known the history of modern physics and allied fields.
http://cnx.rice.edu/aboutus/relatedsites/Link.2005-02-02.2521/link_view

Extractions: @import url(http://cnx.rice.edu/ploneColumns.css); @import url(http://cnx.rice.edu/plone.css); @import url(http://cnx.rice.edu/ploneCustom.css); Skip to content Search Sections Personal tools You are here: Home About Other Web Sites Center for History of Physics Navigation Home About In the News Other Web Sites Center for Historyâ¦ Papers and Talks People Take the Tour Contact Info FAQ Philosophy Content Help Software What's New Log in Name
History Of Physics
Use these Library databases to search for articles on history of physics and related To access important publications in the history of physics
http://library.ust.hk/guides/physhist.html
Department Of Physics - University Of Michigan
The history of physics at the University of Michigan. Harrison Randall. Above Harrison Randall with infrared spectrograph. From construction in 1888 of the
http://www.physics.lsa.umich.edu/about/history/

Extractions: History Gallery Bentley Historical Library Awards ... Internal Above: Harrison Randall with infrared spectrograph From construction in 1888 of the West Physics Building, the first of its type in the nation, to the recent construction of a new, state of the art laboratory, Michigan has been home to a proud history of world-leading physics education and research. In the 1910s, Harrison M. Randall began building a world-class program in infrared spectroscopy, placing the department in an outstanding position for the upcoming revolution of modern physics: quantum mechanics. Over the next thirty years, from Dennison's discovery of proton spin; Uhlenbeck and Kopinski's creation of the K-U theory of nuclear structure; Crane's first-time measurement of the magnetic moment of the free electron; to the building of the first 36-inch cyclotron and the invention of the racetrack synchrotron, Michigan firmly established itself as a world-leader in physics research. In the 1950s, Michigan developed a strong program in high-energy physics, which took its place alongside traditionally strong programs in atomic and nuclear physics; in the 1960s Franken and Sands established the renowned "resonance group" in Randall Laboratory. From the 1950s to the 1970s, Michigan continued its tradition as a leader in world physics; following are a sample of the significant advances in physics to take place at Michigan in this time: the invention of coherent fiber optics; Nobel physicist Glaser's invention of the bubble chamber; the discovery of optical harmonicsthe first non-linear optical phenomenon; the development of the idea of colliding particle beams; the first achievement of polarization of particle beams at high energies; the discovery of anomalous spin effects in proton collisions and resulting challenge to fundamental principles of quantum mechanics; and the discovery of the principles of chain folding in macromolecules.
World History Compass, History Of Science
Dedicated to the history of physics and allied fields, the Niels Bohr Library is part of the Center for history of physics of the American Institute of
http://www.worldhistorycompass.com/science.htm
Favorite Physics Links
a list of links to sources of information in physics and related fields. Principle from David Cassidy and the AIP Center for history of physics.
http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/people/faculty/tenn/PhysicsLinks.html
History Of Physics - Definition Of History Of Physics In Encyclopedia
Contents showTocToggle( show , hide )1 Antiquity2 Islamic contributions to physics3 Indian contributions to physics4 The Middle Ages1 The scientific
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Extractions: 1.7 Developments since 2000 Since antiquity, people have tried to understand the behavior of matter: why unsupported objects drop to the ground, why different materials have different properties, and so forth. Also a mystery was the character of the universe , such as the form of the Earth and the behavior of celestial objects such as the Sun and the Moon . Several theories were proposed, most of them were wrong, but this is part of the nature of the scientific enterprise, and even modern theories of quantum mechanics and relativity are considered merely as "theories that haven't broken yet". Physical theories in antiquity were largely couched in philosophical terms, and rarely verified by systematic experimental testing. Typically the behaviour and nature of the world were explained by invoking the actions of gods . Around 200 BC, many
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Quantum and classical scattering, history of physics and astronomy. My research interests are traditionally in quantum theory of scattering,
http://www.physics.tulane.edu/dp_r.htm
History Of Physics
history of physics. Dr. Bass Seminar. Topics. * Conservation rules, thermodynamics and the arrow of time. *Electricity and Magnetism and Electromagnetics
http://caos.creol.ucf.edu/htmls/hist_phys.html

Extractions: History of Physics Dr. Bass ' Seminar Topics * Conservation rules, thermodynamics and the arrow of time *Electricity and Magnetism and Electromagnetics *Copernicus ideas synthesized by Newton * We live in a Newtonian World but it is an Einsteinian Universe *Quantum mechanics - the other 20th Century Revolution *Cosmology Atractive forces The Universe is expanding If it wasn't for this constant we wouldn't have existed For suggestions write to irina@lorien.creol.ucf.edu
Oxford Physics Teaching - History Archive
A brief history of physics in the University of Oxford (9 Kbytes) gives an overview but for more details and lots of dates and names read
http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/history.asp

Extractions: Homepage D OES SCIENCE REALLY take place at Oxford? Yes and it has done for some hundreds of years. It really began with meetings in Wadham College that led to the founding of the Royal Society of London in 1660. A brief history of physics in the University of Oxford (9 Kbytes) gives an overview but for more details and lots of dates and names read... A history of physics in the University of Oxford (25 Kbytes). This article first appeared in the European Journal of Physics in 1988 published by the Institute of Physics Henry (Harry) Gwyn Jeffreys MOSELEY did his famous work on the relationship of X-rays to the structure of the emitting atom in the original Electrical Laboratory. This work is described in Moseley and X-rays at the University of Oxford (14 Kbytes) and you can still see some of his original apparatus in The Museum of the History of Science Charles Vernon BOYS determined G , the universal constant of gravitation, in the cellars of the Clarendon Laboratory at Oxford. An illustrated article with previously unpublished photographs describes this experiment.
Oxford Physics Teaching - History Archive
There is no general history of physics in Oxford, but some aspects are covered by the following articles. Aitken MJ 1978 Archaeological Involvements of
http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/history.asp?page=HistoryLong
History Of Physics And Medical Physics At VCU
history of physics and Medical Physics at VCU. Being a subfield of physics, medical physics requires a strong background in the fundamentals of physics.
http://www.medicalphysics.vcu.edu/MedicalPhysics.HistoryOfMedicalPhysicsAtVCU.ht

Extractions: Being a sub-field of physics, medical physics requires a strong background in the fundamentals of physics. The Department of Physics in the College of Humanities and Sciences, located on the Academic campus of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), offers B.S. and M.S. degrees in physics. Graduate level course work in mechanics, electromagnetic theory, quantum mechanics, solid-state physics, and sub-atomic physics provide the underlying fundamentals for graduate physics training. Medical physics has been active in both clinical service and research roles at the Medical College of Virginia Campus (MCV) of VCU since the early 1970s. Currently, divisions of Radiation Physics exist within the Departments of Radiation Oncology and Radiology at VCU. The Division of Radiation Physics in Radiation Oncology currently consists of 13 faculty positions and maintains nationally recognized funded research programs in external-beam radiotherapy, brachytherapy , and imaging physics.
21st Century's Science & Technology Directory
American Physical Society Forum on the history of physics A member unit of Center for history of physics Newsletter - Reports on work in the history
http://www.21stcentury.co.uk/directory/directory.asp?ID=Science/Physics/History/
History 181B - Overview
Do not assume that you already know the history of physics (from your physics class, Classic papers from the history of chemistry (and some physics too)
http://history.berkeley.edu/faculty/Carson/spring03/181B/

Extractions: To see your bluebook or discuss your grade, please contact me by e-mail over the summer or in the fall. Have a good summer. Course description What How As a historical study of a scientific field, the course draws on approaches and materials from both history and science. We deal in some depth with scientific concepts, though in a way that should remain accessible to non-scientists willing to put in a bit of effort. In all this, however, emphasis is placed on the historical development, and one of the course's goals is to practice the skill of thinking historically. Who Reading materials This is a history course. There is something to read (usually short) for almost every class meeting, and the readings are required. For guidance in reading you can refer to two things: The page of reading strategies Preparatory questions for each assignment, available in the reader and as links from the schedule.
Physics Links: History
Physics Links history of physics Century of Physics. This is the American Physical Society s history section. Physics Timeline
http://www.ph.qmul.ac.uk/~adams/schools/links_phys_history.html

Extractions: Center for the History of Physics This is maintained by the American Institute of Physics and includes allied fields such as "astronomy, geophysics, optics, and the like". Century of Physics This is the American Physical Society 's history section. Physics Timeline This anonymous site has a timeline stretching from 585 BC to 2000 AD. I cannot vouch for its accuracy. Last updated on 25 March, 2003 by Steve Adams , to whom comments should be sent.
Museum Of The History Of Physics - University Of Padua
Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia Centro di Ateneo per i Musei dell Università degli Studi di Padova.
http://www.musei.unipd.it/en/physic/
The Physics Front
This is the History section of the American Institute of Physics webstite. It contains extensive resources on the history of physics.
http://www.compadre.org/precollege/static/unit.cfm?sb=17
Science Netlinks: Resource
A starting point for a study of the history of any field of physics, the Center for history of physics homepage has many different paths for a visitor to
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/resources_individual.cfm?DocID=115&Grade=9-12&Ben

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