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 ...

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 ...

THE present day intensely rapid development in all branches of natural science necessarily involves a growing terminology with which even the specialists find difficulties in keeping pace.

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, ...