Why is this website called Physics Forums?

[muna580]

Why "Physics" Forums

I realized that this webiste is not only related to "Physics" it is also related to mathametics and other sciences. But why is this site called "Physics" Forums. Why not Science Forums or something else?

 

[z-component]

It started off as a physics and math help forum. Why change the name after all these years?

 

[Mattara]

All science is either physics or stamp collecting.
- Ernest Rutherford

One could argue that all science has its basis in physics.

 

[neutrino]

All science is either physics or stamp collecting.
- Ernest Rutherford

One could argue that all science has its basis in physics.

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=134150

We did that recently.

 

[Astronuc]

I realized that this webiste is not only related to "Physics" it is also related to mathametics and other sciences. But why is this site called "Physics" Forums. Why not Science Forums or something else?

There is already a "Science Forums (sciforums.com)," and a few others with similar names.

See the thread on the Origin of PF.

 

[hypatia]

Because the name still sounds so good as it jumps off the lips.

 

[Evo]

This is Greg's version of how it all started.

The beginning is breathtaking and captivating story that should be told in a spielberg film. It was spring 2001 and the muggy amazon air was wearing heavy in my lungs and and covered my body with a cloak of sweat. It was getting dark and I knew my kogi tribal guide was trembling with fear and wouldn't help me for long as we near the hidden temple. With the strength of a thousand ox I crawled through waist high swamp full of snakes and hungry gators to finally reach the temple door. The temple was dark and reaked of death with scores of hanging vines weaving throughout the passageways. I used my machete to hack my way to the main burial chamber. I opened the ancient sarcophagus with the text "Chief Crazyhead Mattson" and I was confused, but in a weird rush of clarity it made sense. Sweating from the heat and shear fear of what I'd find, I reached inside the damp and dusty sarcophagus and slowly brought up what I had been searching for...

 

[Phobos]

We tried "Psychics Forums", but no one could find us. Having thus disproven the supernatural realm, we went the scientific route...

 

[Moonbear]

I actually find it amusing when we get the occassional stray post from someone who has clearly misread physics as psychics.