Physics History

Portrait of Sally Ride in orbit.

Pride Month Podcast Recommendations

$R. W. Wood in shirt sleeves and a waistcoat and tie with his mosaic replica diffraction grating, circa 1938.$

Pipes, Poems, and Physics

The debut album of the Ultraviolet Catastrophe if it was a band name and not a dramatic term for the failure of pre-quantum physics to describe radiation emission and absorption. Greatest hits from the album include: "Why is it Getting Hot in Here?" and "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Mathematical Explanation)."

Cover of the book "America is Immigrants" with a drawing of the Statue of Liberty on it.

Physics is Immigrants

Harvey Fletcher

Women's History Month Podcast Recommendations

From Foote-Note to Climate Science Founder

BHM 2022 Booklist banner

Black History Month Book Recommendations

The Sammelbands M2

On 57 Diamonds from the Wenner Acquisition

USS Kane

Photos of the Month: The USNS Kane

Grace Hopper

National History Day Interviews: Computing for the Win

Which Physicist are you?

Which Physicist Are You?

Harold Urey schoolhouse

POTM: Back to School

Fred Dylla

Scientific Journeys with Author Fred Dylla

Joseph McKibben

Discussing the New Book, The Soul of Genius, with Author Jeffrey Orens

Pride Month Book Recommendations

What’s So Special About Nuclei and Particles

From Artificial Radioactivity to Mainstream Medicine

Optimism and Other Poems

The Search for Extraterrestrial Life in the Photo Archives

Meggers with family

In the Sky with Diamonds: Physics in the 1960s

Vera Rubin: A Life, with Author Dr. Jacqueline Mitton

Remembering Arecibo Observatory

How do Elements Fit Together?

Breaking the Barrier: Dr. Abdus Salam

Complements to Physics: How History Can Enhance Physics Teaching

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