''Physics in Perspective'' is a quarterly

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published by

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. It covers historical, philosophical, and social scientific perspectives of

physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which rel ...

. The

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are Joseph D. Martin ( Durham University) and Richard Staley (

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

History

The journal was established in 1999 by

John S. Rigden John S. Rigden was an internationally renowned American physicist. His areas of expertise were molecular physics and the history of science. He was the former co-editor of the scholarly journal '' Physics in Perspective'', published by Birkhäuse ...

and

Roger H. Stuewer Roger Harry Stuewer (September 12, 1934 – July 28, 2022) was an American historian of physics. Education and career Stuewer was born in Shawano, Wisconsin on September 12, 1934. Stuewer received from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 19 ...

, "to recognize historical and philosophical studies as essential to understanding the foundations of physics, to appreciating the diffusion of physics into all areas of science, and to conveying the cultural influence of physics on the arts and humanities."

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2017

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of 0.625.

References

External links

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