Physics Forums is a question and answer Internet forum that allows users to ask, answer and comment on grade-school through graduate-level science questions. In addition, Physics Forums hosts the Insights Blog which is a collaborative blog sourced from verified experts on the community.
Type of site | Question and answer |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | USA |
| Owner | Greg Bernhardt |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Users | 200,000 |
| Launched | 2001 |
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Authors of scientific papers have used Physics Forums to write popular explanations of their research. In turn, this forum entries have been referenced by popular science news websites.[1][2][3] Notable members and blog authors past and present include John C. Baez,[4] Urs Schreiber,[5] Antony Garrett Lisi.[6] Physics Forums entries have also been cited in scientific papers.[7][8][9]
History
editPhysics Forums was started as a school project in the spring of 2001 by Greg Bernhardt.[10][non-primary source needed]
Physics Forums entered content partnerships with Scientific American magazine in 2005.[11]
Awards
editPhysics Forums won the 2010 “People’s Choice” award for best Q&A online physics community by physics.org.[12]
As of 2023, Physics Forums is ranked 8th on “Aelieve's List of 20 Best Physics Websites”.[13]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Main, Douglas (2015-09-14). "Bubble Implosions Create Heat of Four Suns, Study Says". Newsweek. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "Physicists Find That Animals' Top Speeds Are Proportional to Body Length". Mental Floss. 2015-10-20. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "It's Body Length, Not Mass, That Lets the Cheetah Run So Fast". Gizmodo. 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "John Baez's Stuff". math.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "Urs Profile". ncatlab.
- ^ "Garrett Lisi's Superparticle Bet With Frank Wilczek | Physics Forums". Physics Forums Insights. July 10, 2015.
- ^ Dorsch, Gláuber Carvalho; Guio, Thaisa Carneiro da Cunha (2021-06-28). "Física de Partículas no ensino médio Parte I: Eletrodinâmica Quântica". Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física (in Portuguese). 43: e20210083. arXiv:2103.04946. doi:10.1590/1806-9126-RBEF-2021-0083. ISSN 1806-1117.
- ^ Guio, Thaisa C. da C.; Dorsch, Gláuber C. (2023). "Particle Physics in High School Part II: Nuclear Physics". Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física. 45: e20230067. arXiv:2303.10296. doi:10.1590/1806-9126-RBEF-2023-0067. ISSN 1806-9126.
- ^ Shuler, Robert L (2016). "'Leading clocks lag' and the de Broglie wavelength". Physics Education. 51 (2): 025005. doi:10.1088/0031-9120/51/2/025005. ISSN 0031-9120. S2CID 124664840.
- ^ "Greg Bernhardt: SEO and Physics Forums Founder". Home for Greg Bernhardt Copyright 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "Scientific American: Partner Network Directory". Scientific American. 2008-09-12. Archived from the original on 2008-09-12.
- ^ Koerth, Maggie (2010-11-15). "The best physics websites". boingboing.net. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "Website Rankings For The Best Physics Websites". aelieve.com. December 2021. Retrieved 2024-02-22.