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Physics & language

Read articles that touch on the intersection of physics and language.

06/01/21

Einstein’s garden: translating physics into Blackfoot

Sharon Yellowfly has been preserving and expanding the Blackfoot language by translating the announcements of LIGO’s universe-bending discoveries.

03/02/21

How English became the language of physics

Today, more than 90% of the indexed articles in the natural sciences are published in English. That wasn’t always the case.

08/11/20

Physics in a second language

Three physicists share their experiences learning and communicating physics in a foreign language: English.

12/03/19

A matter of interpretation

Deaf scientist Giordon Stark works to ensure the field of physics research is accessible to all.

10/22/19

El hackeo del seminario de física

Un grupo de investigadores latinoamericanos, tras sentirse excluidos de algunas vías tradicionales para entrar en la comunidad de físicos de partículas, creó su propia forma de conectarse.

10/08/19

La izada de un nuevo grupo de banderas en Fermilab

Varios investigadores de América Latina pueden remontar su ingreso a la física experimental de partículas a una iniciativa que impulsó Leon Lederman, ex director de Fermilab.

03/12/19

Decolonizing science through sci comm

Science writer Sibusiso Biyela aims to bring science back to South Africa’s Zulu communities.

06/13/17

Fermilab en español (EN)

The particle physics laboratory makes a Spanish connection.