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Modern physics is a branch of physics that developed in the early 20th century and onward or branches greatly influenced by early 20th century physics. Notable branches of modern physics include quantum mechanics, special relativity, and general relativity.
The Italian Physical Society (Italian: Società Italiana di Fisica, SIF) is a non-profit organization whose aim is to promote, encourage, protect the study and the progress of physics in Italy and in the world. It was founded in 1897. It is associated with the journal series Nuovo Cimento.
Foundations of Physics is a monthly journal "devoted to the conceptual bases and fundamental theories of modern physics and cosmology, emphasizing the logical, methodological, and philosophical premises of modern physical theories and procedures". [1]
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (c. 1539–1616), chronicler Manuel González Prada (1844–1918), modernista poet Eduardo González Viaña (born 1941), short story writer and novelist
Though proposed in 1678, it was not published until 1690 in his Traité de la Lumière. His mathematical theory of light was initially rejected in favour of Newton's corpuscular theory of light, until Augustin-Jean Fresnel adopted Huygens' principle to give a complete explanation of the rectilinear propagation and diffraction effects of light ...
The Evolution of Physics: The Growth of Ideas from Early Concepts to Relativity and Quanta is a science book for the lay reader. Written by the physicists Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld, it traces the development of ideas in physics.
The Revista Cubana de Física (Cuban Journal of Physics) is a biannual peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by the Sociedad Cubana de Física (Cuban Physical Society) and the Physics Faculty (University of Havana) that was established in 1981.
Milton Almeida dos Santos (May 3, 1926 – June 24, 2001) was a Brazilian geographer and geography scholar who had a degree in law. [1] He became known for his pioneering works in several branches of geography, notably urban development in developing countries.