In the rarefied world of theoretical physics, where Albert Einstein’s shadow still looms large, Harvard University and ...

If you drop a light object and a heavy object from a tower, which one reaches the ground first? As you may recall from high school physics, this is a trick question. Neglecting air resistance, they ...

The renowned cosmologist wants to make the ideas of modern physics accessible to anyone who’s willing to do a bit of extra thinking. The following is an excerpt from The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: ...

In this last part of our series on recently digitized books from the Wenner Collection, we are focusing on works that ...

The branch of mathematics known as topology has become a cornerstone of modern physics thanks to the remarkable -- and above all reliable -- properties it can impart to a material or system.

Over the short span of just 300 years, since the invention of modern physics, we have gained a deeper understanding of how our universe works on both small and large scales. Yet, physics is still very ...

Time is the soil from which personality grows. To grasp the essence of personality, we must delve into the nature of time. Modern physics reveals a concept of time so starkly different from ...

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