A series of 10 free lectures at the University of Chicago will explore the bewildering number and variety of energy transformations that make everyday conveniences possible. These are easy to take for ...

PHYSICS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN: Stanford Professor Robert Laughlin, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Physics, is scheduled to deliver a public lecture at UC Davis on May 22 on new ways to think about ...

Physicist Richard Feynman was particularly famous for his lectures, which were known for being an engaging and accessible introduction to a number of scientific topics. Now Volume One of The Feynman ...

Texas A&M professor Tatiana Erukhimova has become a viral sensation thanks to her energetic demonstrations of physics experiments as part of the university's outreach programs. She now boasts a larger ...

It's been a year since Bill Gates left full-time work at Microsoft, but he's found plenty to keep him busy. In between trying to eradicate polio, tame malaria, and fix the broken U.S. education system ...

Richard Feynman was obviously famous for his work as a physicist, but he’s also widely regarded as one of the most lucid and effective lecturers to ever address an audience. So renowned, so readily ...

At the introductory level, student typically study classical mechanics and electricity and magnetism (EM). The upper level physics courses focus on quantum mechanics and then more advanced versions of ...