Nobel Prize winning physicists who were good at playing chess. Multiple studies have shown that chess improves cognitive, memory, and math skills.
The physics and philosophy unite as Sakar Sharma an IIT alumnus explains how. Applications of physics in philosophy.
Did Ernest Rutherford consider physics the king of all sciences? What is meant by the statement: All science is either physics or stamp collecting?
There have been quite a few controversies over the years.
Where the hard edge of physics meets the vulnerable metaphysics of the human heart.
When Richard Feynman and Paul Dirac met because of Robert Oppenheimer
From time to time, physicists have used poetry instead of mathematics to describe nature.
Joan Feynman. Magnetosfera. Fenómenos geofísicos. Astrofísica. Viento solar. Desarrollo y comprensión del origen de las auroras. Ciclos de manchas solares
Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman was born in 1918 to Lucille Phillips, a homemaker, and Melville Feynman, a military uniform salesman.
In 1960, I sat on the floor, leaning against the wall, my feet thrust out, listening to Caltech’s Richard Feynman explain Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. Einstein, dead for only five years, was an icon and a Nobel Laureate. I was too young and unread then to know that Feynman, as well, would become both. I […]
The Common Books purpose is to give first-year students a shared experience over a common text. Who better to spark discussion than physicist Richard Feynman, whose 1963 UW lectures comprise the book.
The legacy of Nobel Prize-winning American theoretical physicist Richard Feynman (1918–1988) has a cult-like following more common to Hollywood icons than to scientists of quantum mechanics. This unique breed of fandom was born both of Feynman's brilliance – he worked on the Manhattan Project and"u2026
Are all true scientists destined to become atheists? The answer is no, or at least that doesn't seem to be the case judging by statistics.
Se obtuvo la primera imagen de una de las propiedades fundamentales de la materia. Una de las cosas más confusas de la física es la dualidad onda corpúsculo, un concepto de la mecanica cuántica que…
A rarely-told story of friendship, science, and costumes makes this the perfect tale for a physicist on Halloween.
Columbia's Brian Greene explains why history's greatest scientific thinkers, from Newton to Feynman, became his heroes.
Michelle Feynman and Carl Feynman Theoretical Physicist Richard Feynman and Associates 1981 “Thirty-one years ago [1948], Dick Feynman told me about his ‘sum over histories’ version of...
60 years ago, a theoretical showdown over gravitational waves gripped physics. In a stroke of genius, Richard Feynman convinced them all.
Richard Feynman’s famous love letter, among others, to his late wife, Arline Greenbaum, offer a personal glimpse into the private heartache of the Nobel Prize winning physicist who grappled with the mysteries of death in the face of a young and unforgettable love.
“The science knowledge only adds to the excitement, the mystery and the awe of a flower.”
Richard Feynman won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest physicists of all-time. (He was a pretty solid bongo player as well). [1] Feynman received his…
Stephen Wolfram on a friend and fellow rebel
Where the hard edge of physics meets the vulnerable metaphysics of the human heart.
Knowing the name of something doesn’t mean you understand it
Few could match the famous physicist in his ability to communicate difficult-to-understand concepts in a simple and warm fashion.
There have been quite a few controversies over the years.
