Wieman, currently a Stanford professor of physics in the School of Humanities and Sciences and in the Graduate School of Education, and the DRC Chair in the School of Engineering, was the founder of ...

PhET, which originally stood for “Physics Education Technology,” was started by Carl Wieman, a former physics professor and one of only five Nobel Laureates from the university, when he saw the ...

PhET Interactive Simulations Rating: Excellent Strong Points: Simulations run well; all simulations are free to use and cover a wide variety of topics. One of the easiest ways to demonstrate novel ...

“PhET was founded actually in 2002 when Carl Wieman won the Nobel Prize in Physics,” Director of PhET Interactive Simulations Kathy Perkins said.

PhET Interactive Simulations (aCC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Tugging a small toy with your dog can be a lot of fun—but it’s also a great way to experiment with forces acting on an object. Forces are what ...