Stastical Mechanics and Thermodynamics Dates of major theoretical and experimental advances, inventions etc, related to theories of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. Includes notes on phlogiston, caloric and kinetic theories of heat and motion. A Brief History of Electricity Details time from electricity's discovery in 1831 through its many uses in the present day. Includes links about the work of Faraday, Ampere, Volta, Ohm, Franklin, Galvani, Oersted, and others. Resource Centers for the History of Physics Center for History of Physics Maintained by the American Institute of Physics.
Page contains exhibits and online source materials for the history of physics.
Exhibits include information about Madame Curie, Albert Einstein, Discovery of the Electron, Heisenberg and Uncertainty, The Invention of the Transistor, Sakharov-Weapons and Human Rights, and much more.