Physics History
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Physicist, Hubert Mack Thaxton
Hubert Mack Thaxton, an African American physicist who did fundamental work in nuclear physics and applied work in electronics and acoustics, faced racial discrimination. more...
Galileo thermometers are popular ornamental thermometers. How do they work? more...
Galileo's Telescope Discoveries
With his telescope Galileo discovered craters on the Moon, spots on the Sun, Moons of Jupiter, phases of Venus, and stars in the Milky Way. more...
Timing swings with his pulse Galileo discovered a fundamental principle pendulums, which led to more accurate clocks and the ability to accurately measure longitude. more...
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Isaac M. McPhee
In the final years of the nineteenth century, a new problem came to light which threatened to question the very nature of physical theories since the time of Newton. more...
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Isaac M. McPhee
The history of subatomic research is truly interesting - from the early laboratory experiments to capturing cosmic rays to the glory of modern accelerators. more...
Tour the Secret City of Oak Ridge
Hop on a bus at Tennessee's American Museum of Science and Energy and travel back to WW II, to the Cold War, and on to today's world-class sub-atomic research facilities. more...
The Secret Science of World War II
In 1942, a "secret city" sprang up in a Tennessee valley, as Allied scientists raced to beat the Germans at developing enriched uranium to fuel the first atomic bomb. more...
How did the modern calendar come to be? The history of the calendar illustrates our evolving understanding of the universe. more...
We this century see the end of active study in physics? Will we truly know the nature of the universe? Probably not. more...
Phlogiston and aether are the corpses of physical theories that didn't survive the onslaught of scientific scrutiny. more...
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