Modern physics suggests that time may not be something eternal flowing independently through reality, but a feature that emerged alongside the universe itself during the Big Bang. That creates a ...

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 ...

Out with the old: Many undergraduate physics curricula need revamping. (Courtesy: iStock/Pobytov) Physics education has a high inertia towards change. While high-school students in today’s biology ...

At long last, a unified theory combining gravity with the other fundamental forces—electromagnetism and the strong and weak nuclear forces—is within reach. Bringing gravity into the fold has been the ...

THERE must be very few students of advanced physics who are unaware of the contents and scope of Richtmyer‘s important book. The appearance of the fourth edition is indeed most welcome and a matter of ...