Category Archives: physicists
History: Einstein was no lone genius.
Marcel Grossmann (left) and Michele Besso (right), university friends of Albert Einstein (centre), both made important contributions to general relativity.
Lesser-known and junior colleagues helped the great physicist to piece together his general theory of relativity, explain Michel Janssen and Jürgen Renn.
History: Einstein was no lone genius
What every physicist should know about string theory
Some of nature’s rhymes—the appearance of similar structures in different areas of physics—underlie the way that string theory potentially unifies gravity with the other forces of nature and eliminates the ultraviolet divergences that plague quantum gravity.
Mega science prize split between 1,370 physicists
Seven neutrino physicists who led the five teams sharing the Breakthrough Prize pose onstage during the ceremony in Mountain View, California.
Multi-million-dollar Breakthrough awards announce winners in physics, life sciences and mathematics.
Source: Mega science prize split between 1,370 physicists : Nature News & Comment
A New Paradigm in Physics Funding
Funding for Physics has been on the decline in recent years. Theoretical physicist Mark Jackson decided to do something about it. He started Fiat Physica, an organization that raises money to support physics research. It looks like a promising endeavor. Take a look….Fiat Physica – A New Funding Paradigm
