Physics History

• Physicists

• Society: History: By Topic: Science and Technology 

• American Physical Society Forum on the History of Physics  - Venue for physicists, historians, and researchers to discuss topics pertaining to the study of Physics. Also posts announcements and newsletters.
• American Physics Society  - Provides an outline of the history of physics and on the people who became contributors on the study.
• Argonne National Laboratory  - Features facilities that include photon source, tandem-linac accelerator system, atmospheric radiation measurement climate, nanoscale materials, and an electronic microscope.
• Atomic Archive  - Explore the history, science, and consequences of the atomic bomb.
• Center for History of Physics  - Preserves and makes known the history of modern physics and allied fields by providing catalogs, archives, and resources.
• Concise History of Thermodynamics  - Contains an excerpt from the biography of Josiah Williard Gibbs, authored by a student and published in Yale University.
• Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics  - Features biographies of women physicists in the contemporary period. Also includes details on their contributions.
• Contributions of Physics to the Information Age  - Explains the relationship of physics to modern technologies such as computers, the transistor, web, and lasers. Also contains information on quantum mechanics.
• Emilio Segre Visual Archive  - Compilation of historical photographs, slides, lithographs, engraving, and other illustrative resources of American contributors in the study of physics and astronomy.
• Fall of Parity  - Previews an experiment conducted by the National Bureau of Standards in Washington on the accuracy of the parity.
• History of Physics  - Large collection of links to resources providing information on the history of physics.
• History of Quantum Mechanics  - Discusses the field which is considered as the basic branch of physics. Includes details on applications for experimental and theoretical science.
• Important 20th Century Discoveries in Physics  - Features a study that provides details on the unearthing of physics; quantum mechanics, relativity, and subatomic forces.
• The Invention of Knowledge  - Provides information regarding the pattern of knowledge as well as manuscripts of famous physicists.
• Museum of Physics  - Covers facts about the museum and its collections. Houses laboratory instruments previously used by famous physicists.
• Net Advance of Physics History and Philosophy  - Contains historical accounts on various branches of Physics such as astronomy and atomic theory.
• Nuclear Files  - Project of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation provides a historical timeline, and resources on nuclear weapons, nuclear energy, atomic basics, maps, ethics, and educators.
• Paths of Physics  - Contains an overview on the history and philosophy of physics. Provides anthologies and archives.
• Physics Cabinet  - Presents catalogs on laboratory instruments used between the mid-19th and early 20th-century.
• Physics in Australia to 1945  - Contains an article about the significance of a physicist or a scientist’s publication.
• Physlink  - Provides history of mathematics, physics, astronomy, and space exploration. Includes general guidelines and links to archives, museums, and exhibits.
• Radio 4 In Our Time Presented By Melvyn Bragg  - Features James Clerk Maxwell. Contains articles, his biography, and study analysis.
• Selected Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry  - Features papers on classical studies in Chemistry and Physics done by famous scientists.
• University of Queensland, Australia: Physics Museum  - Includes museum photos and illustrations of exhibited instruments. Also provides information about the tools and sciences.