There are some self-evident ones, like Planck’s constant h, the speed of light c and the cryptic signs that represent planets in ancient (and modern) astronomy. For other symbols, part of the fun lies ...

Do you know what the hell is the Schwarzschild radius? I didn’t have a clue, but now I know that if you compress Earth to an 8mm radius ball, you will get a black hole. My fascination didn’t stop ...

Physicists have long sought to describe the universe in terms of equations. Now, S James Gates explains how research on a class of geometric symbols known as adinkras could lead to fresh insights into ...

The Greek alphabet, which has been in use since about 9 B.C., was the first to have letters for each vowel and consonant. In physics, why are only Greek letters such as delta, sigma, gamma, etc. used ...

IN 1931, the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics appointed a commission consisting of Profs. Keesom, Kennelly and Fabry under the chairmanship of Sir Richard Glazebrook, with Dr. Ezer ...