41. History Of Physics In The University Of Oxford Return to the Physics Department Home Page, A brief history of physicsin the University of Oxford IT HAS TO BE ADMITTED that, before http://www1.physics.ox.ac.uk/History/HistoryBrief.html

A brief history of physics in the University of Oxford I T HAS TO BE ADMITTED that, before the beginning of the First World War, Oxford was not a university whose name immediately sprang to mind when the subject physics was mentioned. Oxford did not have an association with any of the great British physicists of the nineteenth century such as Young, Faraday, Kelvin, Rayleigh and Maxwell, and had not gained a reputation such as that enjoyed in the University by astronomy, mathematics and chemistry. Only in the second half of the seventeenth century had there been in Oxford those whose names are remembered to the present day in the world of physics; Boyle and Hooke. The former, with the then professor of astronomy, Wren, attended meetings in Wadham College of the Philosophical Society of Oxford. They, with a like-minded group which met in the Bull-Head Tavern in London, founded the Royal Society in 1660. In 1663 Hooke became "curator of experiments" and later secretary of the Society. At the beginning of the eighteenth century the University appointed a Reader in Experimental Philosophy, the name by which physics was then known in Oxford (the subject of one of the present physics professorships is still described in this way), but the post was part-time, and the duties of the Reader were carried out by the professor of astronomy. It was not until 1839 that the post became full-time with the appointment of the Revd. Robert Walker. Experimental Philosophy was first examined as a degree subject in 1850. The Reader was promoted to Professor in 1860, but neither he nor his successor, Robert Clifton, who held office until 1915, had any interest in research With his available funds Clifton purchased a wide range of instruments for teaching; he was responsible for improvements in some of them, which were taken up commercially by laboratory suppliers.

42. American Institute Of Physics International Catalog Of Sources ICOS Help. Center for history of physics Home Page Search the Niels BohrLibrary Book Catalog Search for materials in all ICOS repositories http://149.28.112.25/pdi/icos.htm

Click here for the American Institute of Physics International Catalog of Sources (ICOS Catalog) Click here for the American Institute of Physics International Catalog of Sources (ICOS Catalog)

43. History Of Physics At Rhodes history of physics at Rhodes. Professor Emeritus Jack Taylor discussesa research project with his students in 1959. The study of http://www.physics.rhodes.edu/news_info/history.html

History of Physics at Rhodes Professor Emeritus Jack Taylor discusses a research project with his students in 1959

44. The History Of Physics In Greifswald A Short history of physics in Greifswald. The development of physicalsciences in Greifswald to an independent area began in 1848 http://www.physik.uni-greifswald.de/general/physik.hist.html

A Short History of Physics in Greifswald The development of physical sciences in Greifswald to an independent area began in 1848 with the call of the first physicist in the present sense: Fabian Karl Ottokar Freiherr von Feilitzsch. Previously medicines, astronomers and mathematicians had teaching in Greifswald here physics. Already in 1846 Freiherr von Feilitzsch became a foreign ordinary member of the physical society of Berlin, wich was founded a year ago. In Greifswald he started numerous activities for the recovery of the respect of the physical sciences. To it belongs the establishment of the physical institute in 1857. It is remarkable that the inventor of the influence electricity machine, Wilhelm Holtz, began to work in 1876 in Greifswald, under von Freilitzsch. Since that time von Freilitzsch pursued with emphasis his largest goal: the establishment of a new institution building. This aim reached however his successor Anton Oberbeck. The new, generously executed institute building offered for the further development of the department favorable requirements. The building is the today home of the physics department. As directors several international well known physicist worked here in the following period in Greifswald, under them Gustav Mie (1905 - 1917), the winner of the Nobel prize award Johannes Stark (1917 - 1920) and Rudolf Seeliger (1940 - 1955).

45. History Of Physics At Carolina history of physics at UNC. The subject of physics was one of the fieldsof knowledge contained in the original curriculum drawn up http://www.physics.unc.edu/about/physics_history.php

Search the Site Printer-Friendly Version Home History 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 opening of the University. In the early days the subject was called Natural Philosophy and sometimes Experimental Philosophy . At a meeting of the Board of Trustees held in New Bern on December 4, 1792, Dr. McCorkle reported for a committee on a "Plan of Education" which included Natural Philosophy and further recommended "the procurement of apparatus for Experimental Philosophy and Astronomy. In the list recommended there is included: a set of globes, a Barometer, Thermometer, Microscope, Telescope Quadrant, Prismatic Glass, Air Pump, and an Electrical Machine" (Battle's "History of the University" Vol. 1, p. 49) In 1795 the University opened and the plan of instruction was put into operation. It appears, however, that problems of finance and possibly of finding personnel prevented the plan from being carried out as a whole, and that the professorship of Natural Philosophy was not filled for two years. Nevertheless, probably Natural Philosophy was taught by some other instructor, for in the examinations attended by certain of the trustees in July, 1796, the senior class was examined in Natural Philosophy and Mathematics. As stated above the original committee on a Plan for the University recommended, in 1792, the purchase of several physical instruments. There is, however, no evidence that any of this apparatus was procured until much later. References do occur frequently in the literature to early gifts of apparatus, but the exact dates of the donations are not known, or are indefinite. The first donor of apparatus for instruction was Alfred Moore, then called Colonel, a pair of globes, and next to him was Richard Benneham. On p. 133 of Vol. 1 Battle notes other gifts: "The same Alexander Martin presented a microscope and acromatic telescope 3 1/2 feet long, magnifying 70 times for land objects and 80 times for astronomical purposes....Hon. W. B. Grove, a barometer and thermometer, Professor Caldwell, a camera obscura. Other instruments were purchased..."

46. Nuclear Physics And The History Of Physics Theoretical Nuclear Physics and the history of physics. Prof. Purrington's workin the history of physics has been on the Nineteenth Century (Rutgers, Aug. http://www.phy.tulane.edu/nuclear_research2.html

Theoretical Nuclear Physics and the History of Physics Prof. R. Daniel Purrington Recent work in nuclear physics has concerned the optimization of the NN interaction in the two- and three-body problems, with an emphasis on the vector analyzing power, deuteron breakup, and triton binding problems. Frof. Purrington's work in the History of physics has been on the Nineteenth Century (Rutgers, Aug. 1997), continuing, and 17th centuries studies, focus of spring 1999 sabbatical leave. Recent Publications R. D. Purrington, "Bottom scattering in acoustic propagation modeling," J. Comput. Acoust. 2, 147-160 (1994). R. D. Purrington, "Scattering kernal approach to bottom loss and scattering in a parabolic equation model," Theoretical and Computational Acoustics, 385-398 (1996). R. D. Purrington, Physics in the Nineteenth Century, Rutgers University Press. 1997

47. HPS 104: History Of Physics 104 History of 20thCentury Physics. Winter 2002-03 Michael RiordanDescribes, analyzes, and interprets the major scientific changes http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/168.html

104 History of 20th-Century Physics Winter 2002-03 Michael Riordan Describes, analyzes, and interprets the major scientific changes which have characterized the 20th century. Introduction of the ideas of relativity, the role of quantam notions, and rapidly alternating scientific fashions from nuclear physics to particle physics, and from superconductivity to chaos. Emphasis on corresponding changes in sociology, demography, and the impact on philosophy and the changed role of physics in the 20th century. Winter 02-03 Syllabus HPS Courses page

48. Good History Of Physics Web Sites Good history of physics Web Sites. AIP Center for history of physics.The American Institute of Physics Center for history of physics http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/104links.html

Good History of Physics Web Sites AIP Center for History of Physics The American Institute of Physics Center for History of Physics has a number of good web sites on the history of twentieth century physics, plus links to other good sites. Its home page is: http://www.aip.org/history You can also go directly to web pages developed by the Center on several topics: http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/ http://www.aip.org/history/electron/ http://www.aip.org/history/curie http://www.aip.org/history/heisenberg ... http://www.aip.org/history/lawrence Ernest O. Lawrence and the cyclotron In addition, you can read, download and print copies of selected papers of important early American physicists Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Henry, Albert Michelson, J. Willard Gibbs, Robert Millikan, and Arthur H. Compton at the following link: http://www.aip.org/history/gap/ In collaboration with the Public Broadcasting System, Twin Cities Public Television of Minneapolis-St. Paul produced a television documentary on the invention of the transistor that was an adaptation of Crystal Fire. They also developed a web site in connection with the program that has substantial material that is not in the book. It can be found at: http://www.pbs.org/transistor/

49. History Of Physics Newsletter history of physics Newsletter. This Newsletter is a biannual publication of the Centerfor history of physics, a division of the American Institute of Physics. http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/h/msg02336.html

NewJour Home NewJour: H Search [Prev] ... [Next] History of Physics Newsletter Sender : owner-newjour@ccat.sas.upenn.edu Subject: History of Physics Newsletter Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 12:57:52 -0500 (EST) History of Physics Newsletter http://www.aip.org/history/web-news.htm NewJour Home NewJour: H Search ... [Next]

50. AIP Center For History Of Physics Newsletter NewJour Home NewJour A Search Prev Next AIP Center for Historyof Physics Newsletter. Begin filtered message From http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/a/msg02336.html

NewJour Home NewJour: A Search [Prev] ... [Next] AIP Center for History of Physics Newsletter http://www.aip.org/history/web-news.htm This biannual electronic newsletter publishes full-text articles and reports on work in the history of physics (and allied sciences such as astronomy and geophysics), carried out at the American Institute of Physics and elsewhere. Reports on archival materials, bibliographies, photos, and more are also included. Articles deal with issues that directly affect the study of the history of physicssuch as governmental fundingand also concerning centers for research into the history of physics. Email: chp@aip.org End of filtered message NewJour Home NewJour: A Search [Prev] ... [Next]

51. History Of Physics Department Today the Department of Physics consists of 6 Departments, 32 Divisions andis represented by 2500 students and 360 postgraduates. Brief history. http://www.phys.msu.su/physdep/history.html

From 1933 to 1993: More than 20 thousand students graduated from the Department of Physics More than 300 Doctors of Science (D.Sc.) and 3700 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) defended their theses at the Department of Physics 24 discoveries were made by the scientists of the Department 35 Professors of the Department were awarded the title Honored Scientist of Russia 5 Nobel Prize winners, 38 Lenin Prize winners, 166 winners of the USSR State Prize, 60 winners of the Lomonosov Prize have worked /are working now at the Department. One third of Academicians and Correspondent Members of the Russian Academy of Science in the field of physics, geophysics, astronomy are graduates of the Department of Physics, M.V.LomonosovMoscow State University. Today the Department of Physics consists of: 6 Departments, 32 Divisions and is represented by 2500 students and 360 post-graduates. Brief history Moscow State University (MSU) is the oldest University in Russia. It was founded in 1755 and originally consisted of three faculties: law, medicine and philosophy. The tradition of physics research at Moscow University goes back to the very foundation of the university, when a physics laboratory was established at the Philosophy Department. Since 1757 lectures on experimental physics have been delivered and experiments have been demonstrated. In 859 at Moscow University the Physics-Mathematics Department was founded; in 1933 the Physics Department separated and it became an independent Department.

52. MPP History Of Physics/Physics And Society Homepage of the Research Areas history of physics and Physics andSociety at the MaxPlanck-Institute for Physics, Munich. http://wwwth.mppmu.mpg.de/webdocs/eng/hp.html

Theory Group Research Group in History of Physics and Physics and Society Current Research Areas (I) Quantum Physics, Physics and Society. General Socio-Political Problems (Peace-securing activities; energy, ecology and economy; science and education). (II) History of 19th and 20th Century Physics (atomic, quantum and elementary-particle physics). Biography and Correspondence of Physicists. Werner-Heisenberg-Archive. Current Members Permanent Staff (Director Emeritus since 1997, for I) Helmut Rechenberg (for II) Guest Scientist Karl von Meyenn (for II) Collaborations with Laurie M. Brown, Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) on History of Quantum and Elementary Particle Physics with Dieter Hoffmann and Horst Kant, (Berlin) on Back to Theory Home Last updated by www

53. History Of Physics & Astronomy In Manchester The science chairs were in mathematics, chemistry and natural history, botany andgeology. Some physics was taught by the Professor of Mathematics, Archibald http://www.hep.man.ac.uk/~robin/livarch/LA.htmls/manchester.history.html

BACK to Living Archive Home Page In April, in the reading room of St Anne's Church in St Anne's Square, Manchester, James Prescott Joule presented a paper which essentially announced three revolutionary ideas or findings: James Prescott Joule William Thomson Owens College Manchester opened on Thursday 13th March, awarding degrees of University College, London. The college opened with five professors, two on the arts side and three scientists. The science chairs were in mathematics, chemistry and natural history, botany and geology. Some physics was taught by the Professor of Mathematics, Archibald Sandeman. Cambridge University started the Natural Science Tripos at postgraduate level. University College London introduced new degrees of BSc and DSc, requiring that students should have extensive and thorough knowledge of several branches of physical science. In response to the new UCL degrees, Owens College resolved to appoint a Professor of Natural Philosophy. Letters in support of the resolution were received from Professors Augustus de Morgan (UCL) and Gabriel Stokes (Cambridge). Extensive arguments against the resolution were made by Professor Sandeman. Sandeman is shown in physics department records as having resigned from physics teaching this year. He resigned completely from the College in 1865 after intense pressure from the trustees. On 31st July, Robert Bellamy Clifton was appointed to the new chair of Natural Philosophy.

54. History Of Physics Refresh/Reload for the latest additions. History of Science Physics.See also History of Science General for more reviews. A http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/sciencelinks/focus/historyphysics.html

ScienceLinks: Reviews of quality educational web sites for Science Teachers "Refresh/Reload" for the latest additions. History of Science: Physics See also History of Science: General for more reviews. A Walk Through Time http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html See also People in Physics Home SiteMap Contents ... Peter Cuttle 2001. Last modified 2001-Oct-03.

55. Oxford Student: 7th November 2002: A Brief History Of Physics A Brief history of physics. In this section. It's closer than you think; A Briefhistory of physics; Sinking the myth of 1492; It's raining women, hallelujah; http://www.oxfordstudent.com/2002-11-07/features/2

7th November 2002 Front page News Editorial Features It's closer than you think A Brief History of Physics Sinking the myth of 1492 It's raining women, hallelujah In the name of big business Columns ... Printer friendly page A Brief History of Physics Dan Mitchell takes a look at life, the universe and everything Ten years ago Stephen Hawking announced, in characteristically confident fashion, that the unification of science was imminent. Hawking was referring to was the advent of a Grand Unified Theory, which would finally enable physicists to treat the four seemingly intrinsic forces of nature - weak, strong, gravitational and electromagnetic forces - as manifestations of a single deeper, fundamental interaction. Today, despite the plethora of candidates, none of the vaunted theories has lived up to its billing. Theoretical physicists nevertheless jealously guard their belief in the eventual reconciliation of physics without questioning whether such an outcome is actually tenable. The real fallacy lies not in the quest for a possibly unattainable goal, but in the lack of familiarity with the philosophical issues underpinning that search. Physicists seem to have forgotten that the scientific method is the culmination of heated metaphysical argument stemming largely from the time of the Renaissance and Reformation. To understand this "crisis of perception" it is imperative to re-evaluate the historical context and origin of analytical thinking, with which Descartes is largely credited.

56. History Of Physics history of physics. Cosmology. History of Science Science Museums; AIPCenter for history of physics The Emilio Segrè Visual Archives; http://physics.hallym.ac.kr/education/history.html

History of Physics : Univ. Va Pioneers of Quantum Mechanics Great Physicists Mathematicians Astronomers ... MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive : St. Andrews Univ. Mathematicians of the 17th and 18th Centuries Caltech Archive Photo Fields Medals History of Science, Technology and Medicine ... Noted Figures in Physics, Engineering and Astronomy

57. History Of Physics Group: Membership Request Form history of physics Group Home Page Membership Request form. Historyof Physics Group Membership Request form. If you wish to join http://www.iop.org/cgi-bin/IOP/bgd_join?name=51

58. History Of Physics Research In Ukraine history of physics RESEARCH IN UKRAINE OleksandrBakai and Yurij Raniuk, May 1993 http://www.cam.org/~ahryck/ukugmtl/bakai01.html

HISTORY OF PHYSICS RESEARCH IN UKRAINE Oleksandr Bakai and Yurij Raniuk, May 1993 I. Introduction II. Within the Confines of Two Empires III. Between the two World Wars IV. Postwar Period ... Bottom I. Introduction Science, including physics, has a long tradition in Ukraine in spite of 300 years of foreign domination. Here we present a short overview of its development. Although our primary focus is physics, we also discuss the historical context in which physics in Ukraine evolved. Neither the scope of this article nor its orientation allow us to do full justice to all the important and interesting scientific results obtained in Ukraine. We are also aware that our view of the historical development of physics in Ukraine may be different than that of other physicists, even of those directly involved in this history. Because we have been working for dozens of years at the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology (KIPT) and thus are much more familiar with its rich history, we may tend to pay somewhat more attention to that Institute than to other scientific institutions. Nevertheless, we hope that this overview will, in some measure, provide a picture of the development of physics in all of Ukraine. A more detailed and fully referenced history of physics in Ukraine remains to be written, hopefully soon. Top Bottom II. Within the Confines of Two Empires

59. Papyrus - Institutional Eprints Repository - Subject History Of Subject history of physics. Disciplines PHYSICS Physics history of physics.Number of records 0 Site Administrator eprints@bib.umontreal.ca. http://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca/view/subjects/phys-phys-hist.html

60. History Of Physics: Selected Reprints history of physics Selected Reprints Edited by Stephen G. Brush. CONTENTS ResourceLetter HP1 history of physics, by Stephen G. Brush I. Mechanics http://punsterproductions.com/~sciencehistory/sgbbook4.php

Return to Home Page Go to List of Publications Return to Books in Print Last modified: September 03, 2002 © Stephen G. Brush History of Physics: Selected Reprints Edited by Stephen G. Brush College Park, MD: American Association of Physics Teachers, 1988. 235 pp. ISBN 0-917853-29-6 (paperback). For current prices and ordering information go to http://www.aapt.org - Products Catalog #RB-50. CONTENTS Resource Letter HP-1: History of Physics, by Stephen G. Brush I. Mechanics Mechanics from Bradwardine to Galileo, by William A. Wallace Galileo's Discovery of the Law of Free Fall, by Stillman Drake Newton's Second Law and the Concept of Force in the Principia, by I. Bernard Cohen II. Optics, Electricity, and Magnetism The Physical Interpretation of the Wave Theory of Light, by Frank A. J. L. James Speculation and Experiment in the Background of Oersted's Discovery of Electromagnetism, by Robert C. Stauffer The Mutual Embrace of Electricity and Magnetism, by M. Norton Wise III. Heat, Kinetic Theory, Properties of Matter Max Planck and the Beginnings of the Quantum Theory, by Martin J. Klein

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