Retention of structure across theory change has been invoked in support of a 'structural' alternative to more traditional entity-based scientific realism. In that context the transition from Newtonian ...

If you studied advanced physics at high school, there's a good chance that you remember Snell's law, which states how a ray of light bends when it crosses a boundary between two media. According to ...

Quantum field theory marries the ideas of other quantum theories to depict all particles as “excitations” that arise in underlying fields. The British physicist Paul Dirac started the ball rolling in ...

If you’ve ever received a speeding ticket or enjoyed a night watching TGIF in the 1990s, then you can thank Albert Einstein. This week marks a century since the patent clerk-turned-physicist presented ...

The universe and the principle of relativity -- Biological scales and levels -- Biological networks -- Nature and origin of cells -- Blind chance and natural selection -- Biological relativity -- ...