Best Physics

Michael Faraday, a bookbinder's apprentice with little formal education, became one of the greatest experimental scientists in history. His discoveries in electromagnetism were foundational. He establ...

Archimedes of Syracuse was the greatest mathematician and engineer of antiquity, applying rigorous mathematical principles to physical phenomena. He founded hydrostatics and statics, discovering the p...

Aristotle was the first great systematizer of knowledge in the Western world, creating foundational frameworks for logic, biology, physics, metaphysics, and ethics. While many of his physical theories...

James Clerk Maxwell formulated the classical theory of electromagnetism, synthesizing the work of Faraday, Gauss, and Ampère into a set of four elegant differential equations. His 'A Dynamical Theory...

Marie Curie was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity, a term she coined. Her relentless research, conducted under difficult conditions, led to the discovery of two new elements: polonium (named for...

Galileo Galilei is the father of modern observational science, physics, and the scientific method. He championed Copernican heliocentrism through groundbreaking telescopic discoveries: the moons of Ju...

Sir Isaac Newton stands as the colossus of the Scientific Revolution, synthesizing the work of predecessors like Galileo and Kepler into a unified system of the world. His magnum opus, 'Philosophiæ Na...

A demolition derby-themed racing game that emphasizes vehicle damage and realistic physics.

Hosted by physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince, The Infinite Monkey Cage combines science with humor. Episodes cover a wide range of scientific topics, making them accessible to both experts an...

Produced by the BBC, The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry combines science with history and pop culture. Hosted by Jim Al-Khalili and Robin Ince, each episode explores a scientific mystery or discove...