Princeton Professor Andrew Houck’s calculus students had just finished grappling with a set of equations on the forces of tension and gravity when he pulled a large pendulum back to his shoulder and ...

Twice every year, the University of Chicago’s Enrico Fermi Institute sponsors the Arthur Holly Compton lecture series, which provide the public an inside look at the questions about the universe with ...

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 ...

Physicists and educators have developed a curriculum for college-level students that shows promise in helping students in introductory physics classes further practice and develop their calculus ...

A series of 10 free lectures at the University of Chicago will describe the fascinating and exotic properties of everyday matter, and the universal framework that physicists use to think about large ...

The lectures, entitled “A Unified View of the Universe,” begin at 7 p.m. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. The lecture will also be Web cast on ...