Read a concise history of a group founded in 1929 to promote the scientific study of acoustical phenomena.
American Institute of Physics library is located in College Park, Maryland, and preserves the history of modern physics. Browse the catalogs.
Provides an archive featuring recent papers about physics history, arranged chronologically. Read abstracts or download complete text.
Offers a catalog collection of 631 detailed biographies on members of the scientific community during the 16th and 17th Centuries.
American Physical Society provides a timeline chronicling key events in physics since 1900.
Searchable database of citations about dozens of women physicists covers their biographical information and scientific contributions.
Find an alphabetical list of physics historians. Includes contact details, specializations and publication credits.
Browse biographies and images of physicists and astronomers who have made a significant contribution to their science.
Acts as a venue for physicists and historians to explore the historical aspects of physics research. Learn how to join.
ICOS contains records for unpublished source materials, and more than 500 other repositories. Enter a word or phrase, or use the search tool.
History archive provides a links offering resources on specific physics fields and famous experiments.
Provides an overview of developments in the field of optics from ancient Greece to the present day. Highlights key experiments and inventions.
Offers a time line chronicling major discoveries in physics and cosmology from the ancient Greece to the present day.
Provides a list of links to exhibits, tributes and articles featuring details on the last century of history in physics.
View photos of dozens of famous world physicists. Includes Einstein, Schrodinger and Bohr.
Find 318 photos from this gallery, including pre-20th century pioneers, quantum theory luminaries and Nobel prize winners.
Traces the quantum age from the electron's discovery in 1897 quantum theories put forth by Einstein, Bohr and von Neumann.
Offers a set of over 12,500 pages of text specifying the location of correspondence and papers written by physicists. View sample pages.
Timeline provides historical background on the advancements of symmetry from AD 400 to the present.
Provides a pictorial review of the evolution of time measurement. Includes a bibliography.
Provides profiles and a photo gallery of Physics' luminary women in the past century. Includes important publications and references.