THE fifth and final volume of the “Dictionary of Applied Physics,” now well known and justly famous, edited by Sir Richard Glazebrook, deals with two of the youngest physical sciences, aeronautics and ...

For the definition of mistake, look no further than the Oxford English Dictionary. A physics professor from Australia's Queensland University of Technology discovered ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about physics, science, academia, and pop culture. A couple of notes up front before I start suggesting possibilities for ...

Follow the giant arrow of time from the origin of the universe, through the creation of stars, planets, human life, modern culture and beyond into the future. Each epoch is explored in detail with ...

After that wonderful mathematics site we saw last week, this week I have another mind-boggling site with dazzling graphics and a very funny name. It?s called www.fearofphysics.com. This website shows ...

Pick the correct definition of a kilogram: a) the mass of a body with a de Broglie wavelength of 6.626069311 x 10^-34 m at a velocity of 1 m/s b) a mass of a body at rest such that Planck’s constant h ...

In an upcoming refresh, particle physics will define units of measurement such as the meter, the kilogram and the second. While America remains obstinate about using Imperial units such as miles, ...

IT is interesting to compare the second volume of Sir Richard Glazebrook's “Dictionary of Applied Physics”with the electrical portions of older dictionaries. For example, in Barlow's “Dictionary of ...