• DOI:10.1007/S00016-014-0151-7
Corpus ID: 117809375

What’s in a Name Change?

@article{Martin2015WhatsIA,
  title={What’s in a Name Change?},
  author={J. D. Martin},
  journal={Physics in Perspective},
  year={2015},
  volume={17},
  pages={3-32}
}

J. D. Martin

Published 2015

Physics

Physics in Perspective

When solid state physics emerged in the 1940s, its name was controversial. By the 1970s, some physicists came to prefer “condensed matter” as a way to identify the discipline of physics examining complex matter. Physicists and historians often gloss this transition as a simple rebranding of a problematically named field, but attention to the motives behind these names reveals telling nuances. “Solid state physics” and “condensed matter physics”—along with “materials science,” which also emerged… CONTINUE READING

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