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Robert P Crease explores the debate over whether we should rename terms in physics
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Robert P Crease is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at Stony Brook University, New York. He has written, translated or edited more than a dozen books on the history and philosophy of science and technology, and is the author of the Physics World Discovery ebook Philosophy of Physics and the IOP ebook Philosophy of Physics: a New Introduction. He is past chair of the Forum for History of Physics of the American Physical Society. He is co-editor-in-chief of Physics in Perspective, and since 2000 he has written a column, Critical Point, on the historical, social and philosophical dimensions of science for Physics World. His latest book (with Peter D Bond) is The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory (2022 MIT Press).
Robert P Crease explores the debate over whether we should rename terms in physics
Robert P Crease explains why science can only thrive if we understand what makes humans tick
Robert P Crease looks at the subtle power and influence of fonts when reading about science
Robert P Crease looks at the ethics of renaming scientific principles that honour discredited figures
Robert P Crease introduces the notion of “scientific gaslighters”
Robert P Crease and Gino Elia reflect on the meaning of quantum mechanics
Robert P Crease reviews The Joy of Science by Jim Al-Khalili
Robert P Crease on how a tiny leak led to a top research reactor being shut down forever
Robert P Crease thinks compulsory online training courses are not the best way to make our workplaces equitable and safe
Robert P Crease reports from a meeting where physicists and philosophers were, for once, in the same quantum state