The Irish mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton, who was born 220 years ago last month, is famous for carving ...

When you shine a flashlight into a glass of water, the beam bends. That simple observation, familiar since ancient times, ...

This series of short explainer films with Professor Brian Cox comprises six clips focused on forces, speed and motion. Each ...

THE new Einstein 1 theory is mathematically attractive; but its role in science can only be established through the conclusions that can be drawn from it. Einstein himself hopes that his new theory ...

Equations are the bedrock of science, expressing how numbers or physical properties relate at a fundamental level. Without equations, most of our technology would never have been invented. We may have ...

Discover how Einstein’s theory of special relativity reshaped physics by linking space, time, mass, and energy in a universe governed by the speed of light. Albert Einstein's 1905 theory of special ...