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January
[edit]Below are links to Featured content within WikiProject Physics. A small bronze star icon () on the top right corner of an article's page, symbolizes the featured content on Wikipedia.
A featured article exemplifies our very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. Featured article status means the article is well written, comprehensive, and well researched. Besides meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it meets style guidelines.
Archimedes
Astrophysics Data System
Atom
Atomic line filter
Big Bang
Binary star
James E. Boyd (scientist)
Dwarf planet
Electron
Equipartition theorem
Leonhard Euler
Extrasolar planet
Eye (cyclone)
Ursula Franklin
Gamma-ray burst
General relativity
Gliding
Hubble Deep Field
Introduction to general relativity
Johannes Kepler
Laplace–Runge–Lenz vector
Magnetosphere of Jupiter
Mechanical filter
Numerical weather prediction
Gerard K. O'Neill
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Blaise Pascal
Photon
Planetary nebula
Plutonium
Quark
Redshift
Louis Slotin
Speed of light
Star
Sun
Supernova
Edward Teller
Tornado
Tropical cyclone
Ununoctium
Uranium
White dwarf
Wind
February
[edit]This month, the Physics portal selects various Wikipedia books related to physics. A Wikipedia Book is a collection of Wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, rendered electronically in PDF, ZIM or OpenDocument format, or ordered as a printed book. As with most projects on Wikipedia, this one is evolving.
- Albert Einstein
- Atomic models
- Earth Science
- Electronic structure methods
- Energy
- Four-fermion interactions
- Hadronic Matter
- Hydrogen
- Isaac Newton
- Landmark experiments in physics
- Large Hadron Collider
- Leptons
- Matter
- Maxwell's equations
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- Nucleosynthesis
- Orbital Mechanics
- Orders of magnitude
- Particles of the Standard Model
- Physics
- Quantum Algebra and Quantum Computers
- Quantum Mechanics
- Quarks
- Radioactive Waste Management
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Space
- System
- Universe
- Via Panisperna Boys
- Wolf Prize in Physics
- There is also the book Chemical elements, which contains links to various books on the elements.
- Also, a new Wikipedia article entitled List of physics concepts in primary and secondary education curricula may be of interest.
March
[edit]Below are links to Featured content within WikiProject Physics. A small bronze star icon () on the top right corner of an article's page, symbolizes the featured content on Wikipedia.
A featured article exemplifies our very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. Featured article status means the article is well written, comprehensive, and well researched. Besides meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it meets style guidelines.
Archimedes
Astrophysics Data System
Atom
Atomic line filter
Big Bang
Binary star
James E. Boyd (scientist)
Dwarf planet
Electron
Equipartition theorem
Leonhard Euler
Extrasolar planet
Eye (cyclone)
Ursula Franklin
Gamma-ray burst
General relativity
Gliding
Hubble Deep Field
Introduction to general relativity
Johannes Kepler
Laplace–Runge–Lenz vector
Magnetosphere of Jupiter
Mechanical filter
Numerical weather prediction
Gerard K. O'Neill
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Blaise Pascal
Photon
Planetary nebula
Plutonium
Quark
Redshift
Louis Slotin
Speed of light
Star
Sun
Supernova
Edward Teller
Tornado
Tropical cyclone
Ununoctium
Uranium
White dwarf
Wind
April
[edit]This month, the Physics portal selects various Wikipedia books related to physics. A Wikipedia Book is a collection of Wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, rendered electronically in PDF, ZIM or OpenDocument format, or ordered as a printed book. As with most projects on Wikipedia, this one is evolving.
- Albert Einstein
- Atomic models
- Earth Science
- Electronic structure methods
- Energy
- Four-fermion interactions
- Hadronic Matter
- Hydrogen
- Isaac Newton
- Landmark experiments in physics
- Large Hadron Collider
- Leptons
- Matter
- Maxwell's equations
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- Nucleosynthesis
- Orbital Mechanics
- Orders of magnitude
- Particles of the Standard Model
- Physics
- Quantum Algebra and Quantum Computers
- Quantum Mechanics
- Quarks
- Radioactive Waste Management
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Space
- System
- Universe
- Via Panisperna Boys
- Wolf Prize in Physics
- There is also the book Chemical elements, which contains links to various books on the elements.
- Also, a new Wikipedia article entitled List of physics concepts in primary and secondary education curricula may be of interest.
May
[edit]Below are links to Featured content within WikiProject Physics. A small bronze star icon () on the top right corner of an article's page, symbolizes the featured content on Wikipedia.
A featured article exemplifies our very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. Featured article status means the article is well written, comprehensive, and well researched. Besides meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it meets style guidelines.
Archimedes
Astrophysics Data System
Atom
Atomic line filter
Big Bang
Binary star
James E. Boyd (scientist)
Dwarf planet
Electron
Equipartition theorem
Leonhard Euler
Extrasolar planet
Eye (cyclone)
Ursula Franklin
Gamma-ray burst
General relativity
Gliding
Hubble Deep Field
Introduction to general relativity
Johannes Kepler
Laplace–Runge–Lenz vector
Magnetosphere of Jupiter
Mechanical filter
Numerical weather prediction
Gerard K. O'Neill
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Blaise Pascal
Photon
Planetary nebula
Plutonium
Quark
Redshift
Louis Slotin
Speed of light
Star
Sun
Supernova
Edward Teller
Tornado
Tropical cyclone
Ununoctium
Uranium
White dwarf
Wind
June
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/CollageFisica.jpg/300px-CollageFisica.jpg)
The article entitled "Outline of physics" provides as an overview of and topical guide to physics. Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.
July
[edit]This month, the Physics portal selects various Wikipedia books related to physics. A Wikipedia Book is a collection of Wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, rendered electronically in PDF, ZIM or OpenDocument format, or ordered as a printed book. As with most projects on Wikipedia, this one is evolving.
- Albert Einstein
- Atomic models
- Earth Science
- Electronic structure methods
- Energy
- Four-fermion interactions
- Hadronic Matter
- Hydrogen
- Isaac Newton
- Landmark experiments in physics
- Large Hadron Collider
- Leptons
- Matter
- Maxwell's equations
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- Nucleosynthesis
- Orbital Mechanics
- Orders of magnitude
- Particles of the Standard Model
- Physics
- Quantum Algebra and Quantum Computers
- Quantum Mechanics
- Quarks
- Radioactive Waste Management
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Space
- System
- Universe
- Via Panisperna Boys
- Wolf Prize in Physics
- There is also the book Chemical elements, which contains links to various books on the elements.
- Also, a new Wikipedia article entitled List of physics concepts in primary and secondary education curricula may be of interest.
August
[edit]Below are links to Featured content within WikiProject Physics. A small bronze star icon () on the top right corner of an article's page, symbolizes the featured content on Wikipedia.
A featured article exemplifies our very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. Featured article status means the article is well written, comprehensive, and well researched. Besides meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it meets style guidelines.
Archimedes
Astrophysics Data System
Atom
Atomic line filter
Big Bang
Binary star
James E. Boyd (scientist)
Dwarf planet
Electron
Equipartition theorem
Leonhard Euler
Extrasolar planet
Eye (cyclone)
Ursula Franklin
Gamma-ray burst
General relativity
Gliding
Hubble Deep Field
Introduction to general relativity
Johannes Kepler
Laplace–Runge–Lenz vector
Magnetosphere of Jupiter
Mechanical filter
Numerical weather prediction
Gerard K. O'Neill
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Blaise Pascal
Photon
Planetary nebula
Plutonium
Quark
Redshift
Louis Slotin
Speed of light
Star
Sun
Supernova
Edward Teller
Tornado
Tropical cyclone
Ununoctium
Uranium
White dwarf
Wind
September
[edit]This month, the Physics portal selects various Wikipedia books related to physics. A Wikipedia Book is a collection of Wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, rendered electronically in PDF, ZIM or OpenDocument format, or ordered as a printed book. As with most projects on Wikipedia, this one is evolving.
- Albert Einstein
- Atomic models
- Earth Science
- Electronic structure methods
- Energy
- Four-fermion interactions
- Hadronic Matter
- Hydrogen
- Isaac Newton
- Landmark experiments in physics
- Large Hadron Collider
- Leptons
- Matter
- Maxwell's equations
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- Nucleosynthesis
- Orbital Mechanics
- Orders of magnitude
- Particles of the Standard Model
- Physics
- Quantum Algebra and Quantum Computers
- Quantum Mechanics
- Quarks
- Radioactive Waste Management
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Space
- System
- Universe
- Via Panisperna Boys
- Wolf Prize in Physics
- There is also the book Chemical elements, which contains links to various books on the elements.
- Also, the Wikipedia article entitled List of physics concepts in primary and secondary education curricula may be of interest.
October
[edit]Below are links to pages that are rated "Good Article" within WikiProject Physics from letters "A" thru "L". The small good article icon (), which can be found on the top right corner of a rated Wikipedia page, symbolizes content held to a high standard on Wikipedia, although these have not reached Featured Article status.
Luis Walter Alvarez
Astronomy
Atomic theory
Robert Bacher
Hans Bethe
Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics
Black hole
Niels Bohr
Max Born
Norris Bradbury
Celestial spheres
James Chadwick
Clapotis
Arthur Compton
Condensed matter physics
Edward Condon
Charles Critchfield
Marie Curie
Cyclone
Deep Impact (spacecraft)
Diffusion damping
Dirac delta function
Dynamics of the celestial spheres
Ecliptic
Albert Einstein
Electricity
Ronald Fedkiw
Enrico Fermi
Force
Frog battery
Klaus Fuchs
Galileo Galilei
Geothermal energy
Josiah Willard Gibbs
John T. Hayward
Hilbert space
Interferometry
Kilogram
Hilde Levi
Liquid crystal
X-ray crystallography
November
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France Anne Córdova | |
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Born | Paris, France |
Spouse | Christian J. Foster |
Alma mater | Stanford University California Institute of Technology |
Profession | Astrophysicist |
Institutions | Purdue University University of California, Riverside University of California, Santa Barbara Pennsylvania State University Los Alamos National Laboratory NASA |
France Anne-Dominic Córdova (born August 5, 1947) is an American astrophysicist, researcher and university administrator. She was the eleventh President of Purdue University,[1] stepping down on July 15, 2012, at the end of her 5-year term. She presently serves as the chair of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. On July 31, 2013, President Obama announced his intent to nominate Córdova to be the Director of the National Science Foundation.[2]
December
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France Anne Córdova | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Paris, France |
Spouse | Christian J. Foster |
Alma mater | Stanford University California Institute of Technology |
Profession | Astrophysicist |
Institutions | Purdue University University of California, Riverside University of California, Santa Barbara Pennsylvania State University Los Alamos National Laboratory NASA |
France Anne-Dominic Córdova (born August 5, 1947) is an American astrophysicist, researcher and university administrator. She was the eleventh President of Purdue University,[3] stepping down on July 15, 2012, at the end of her 5-year term. She presently serves as the chair of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. On July 31, 2013, President Obama announced his intent to nominate Córdova to be the Director of the National Science Foundation.[4]
- ^ Kim Medaris (July 9, 2007). "Córdova to hold ice cream social July 16 on first day as Purdue president". Purdue News Service. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
- ^ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts" (Press release). The White House. 2013-07-31. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
- ^ Kim Medaris (July 9, 2007). "Córdova to hold ice cream social July 16 on first day as Purdue president". Purdue News Service. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
- ^ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts" (Press release). The White House. 2013-07-31. Retrieved 2013-08-01.