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Encyclopedia > Foundations of Physics

Foundations of Physics is the most prestigious journal in physics on the subject of foundational problems facing modern physics. It publishes only a handful of papers each month from prominent physicists, in contrast to the American Physical Society’s Physical Review series of publications that often contain tens of papers in every edition. The American Physical Society was founded in 1899 and is the worlds second largest organization of physicists. ... Physical Review is one of the oldest and most-respected scientific journals publishing research on all aspects of physics. ...


The roster of its current and past editorial board includes several Nobel laureates including such influential scientists as Louis de Broglie; Robert H. Dicke; Murray Gell-Mann; Abdus Salam; Ilya Prigogine; Nathan Rosen and many others. In January 2007, the 1999 Nobel laureate Gerard 't Hooft replaced Prof. Alwyn Van Der Merwe as the Chief Editor, and Foundations of Physics Letters was incorporated into it. Louis-Victor-Pierre-Raymond, 7th duc de Broglie, generally known as Louis de Broglie (August 15, 1892–March 19, 1987), was a French physicist and Nobel Prize laureate. ... Robert Henry Dicke (May 6, 1916 – March 4, 1997) was an American experimental physicist, who made important contributions to the fields of astrophysics, atomic physics, cosmology and gravity. ... Murray Gell-Mann (born September 15, 1929 in Manhattan, New York City, USA) is an American physicist who received the 1969 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the theory of elementary particles. ... Abdus Salam at Nobel Prize ceremony with the King of Sweden Dr. Abdus Salam (Urdu: عبد السلام) (January 29, 1926 at Santokdas, Sahiwal in Punjab – 21 November 1996 in Oxford, England) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979 for his work in electroweak theory which... Ilya Prigogine (January 25, 1917 – May 28, 2003) was a Belgian physicist and chemist noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and irreversibility. ... Nathan Rosen (March 22, 1909 – December 18, 1995) was a physicist. ... Gerard t Hooft at Harvard University Gerardus (Gerard) t Hooft (born July 5, 1946) is a professor in theoretical physics at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. ...


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