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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Jadwin_Hall_At_Princeton_University_2024_011.jpg/200px-Jadwin_Hall_At_Princeton_University_2024_011.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Jadwin_Hall_At_Princeton_University_2024_011.jpg/300px-Jadwin_Hall_At_Princeton_University_2024_011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Jadwin_Hall_At_Princeton_University_2024_011.jpg/400px-Jadwin_Hall_At_Princeton_University_2024_011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6006" data-file-height="4640" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Entrance to Jadwell Hall</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Private_school" title="Private school">Private</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: 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style="display:inline" class="country-name">United States</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://phy.princeton.edu">phy<wbr />.princeton<wbr />.edu</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Princeton University Department of Physics</b> is an academic department dedicated to research and teaching at <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a>. The associated faculty members, researchers, and students have been recognized for their research contributions, having been awarded 19 <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prizes" class="mw-redirect" title="Nobel Prizes">Nobel Prizes</a>, four <a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Science" title="National Medal of Science">National Medals of Science</a>, and two <a href="/wiki/Wolf_Prize_in_Physics" title="Wolf Prize in Physics">Wolf Prizes in Physics</a>. Notable professors, researchers, and graduate students affiliated with the department include <a href="/wiki/Richard_Phillips_Feynman" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Phillips Feynman">Richard Phillips Feynman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_H._Taylor" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph H. Taylor">Joseph H. Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Peebles" title="Jim Peebles">Jim Peebles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eugene_P._Wigner" class="mw-redirect" title="Eugene P. Wigner">Eugene P. Wigner</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_von_Neumann" title="John von Neumann">John von Neumann</a>. In addition, the department offers degree programs for <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's students</a> (A.B.) and <a href="/wiki/Doctoral_students" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctoral students">doctoral students</a> (Ph.D.). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Princeton_University_Department_of_Physics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1832, the first classes in physics at Princeton were taught by Joseph Henry, who later served as the Secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution" title="Smithsonian Institution">Smithsonian Institution</a> and President of the <a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Sciences" title="National Academy of Sciences">National Academy of Sciences</a>. Henry taught as a Professor of Natural Philosophy from 1832 to 1846, during which he earned a salary of $1,000 per year.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additional scholars that joined Princeton's physics department included Cyrus Fogg Brackett, William Magie, and <a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Fine" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry B. Fine">Henry B. Fine</a>. In 1873, Brackett became an adviser to the trustees in order to expand funding for scientific subjects. He later founded the <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University_School_of_Engineering_and_Applied_Science" title="Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science">department of electrical engineering</a> and wrote the <i>Textbook of Physics</i> (1884) for his classes.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1909, the Palmer Laboratory was established for use between the departments of physics and of electrical engineering. In 1925, four new professors were hired: <a href="/wiki/Henry_D._Smyth" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry D. Smyth">Henry D. Smyth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Allen_G._Shenstone" class="mw-redirect" title="Allen G. Shenstone">Allen G. Shenstone</a>, Louis A. Turner, and Charles Zahn. The hiring of these scholars sparked new interests in research on <a href="/wiki/Atomic_energy" title="Atomic energy">atomic energy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_physics" title="Nuclear physics">nuclear physics</a>. In 1927, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Compton" title="Arthur Compton">Arthur Compton</a> was the first faculty member at Princeton to win the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize in Physics</a>. The physics department officially became independent from the engineering school in 1929. Following this separation, professors Philip Morse and Robert Van de Graaff joined the faculty. Later, theoretical physics grew in popularity with the hiring of <a href="/wiki/Eugene_P._Wigner" class="mw-redirect" title="Eugene P. Wigner">Eugene P. Wigner</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_von_Neumann" title="John von Neumann">John von Neumann</a>. Along with <a href="/wiki/Oskar_Morgenstern" title="Oskar Morgenstern">Oskar Morgenstern</a>, a professor in the economics department, Wigner and <a href="/wiki/John_Archibald_Wheeler" title="John Archibald Wheeler">John Archibald Wheeler</a> were part of <a href="/wiki/The_Princeton_Three" title="The Princeton Three">the Princeton Three</a>, who sought to establish a national science laboratory as part of the American space race.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The department was once the home of <a href="/wiki/Albert_Einstein" title="Albert Einstein">Albert Einstein</a>. Einstein first visited Princeton in 1921 where he delivered the Stafford Little lectures on the theory of relativity. The following year, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics. He then returned to the newly founded Institute for Advanced Study in 1922. Einstein's office was located in room 109 Fine Hall.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Einstein was not a professor and did not teach classes, he worked on his theory of relativity at Princeton and occasionally gave lectures on his research.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_Archibald_Wheeler" title="John Archibald Wheeler">John Archibald Wheeler</a>, a professor of physics at Princeton (1938-1976) was influential in spearheading interests in <a href="/wiki/General_relativity" title="General relativity">general relativity</a> in the United States after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. He is known for pioneering the term <a href="/wiki/Black_holes" class="mw-redirect" title="Black holes">black holes</a> in 1967, identifying them as objects with gravitational collapse, alongside physicist <a href="/wiki/Robert_H._Dicke" title="Robert H. Dicke">Robert H. Dicke</a>. He has also conducted research on <a href="/wiki/Wormholes" class="mw-redirect" title="Wormholes">wormholes</a> and the <a href="/wiki/One-electron_universe" title="One-electron universe">one-electron universe</a> hypothesis.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academics">Academics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Princeton_University_Department_of_Physics&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Academics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Undergraduates">Undergraduates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Princeton_University_Department_of_Physics&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Undergraduates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The undergraduate curriculum offers flexibility for students interested in a wide range of subfields within the discipline. After completing a set of five prerequisite courses, students must take additional courses in quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, experimental physics, and <a href="/wiki/Complex_analysis" title="Complex analysis">complex analysis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Physics concentrators are required to complete a junior paper as a preliminary investigation into a senior thesis topic. Students are able to conduct research with faculty, either during the school year or the summer, through various programs at the university.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Undergraduate courses are taught in small classes, and students receive direct feedback and support from faculty members throughout their time in the program.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Graduates">Graduates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Princeton_University_Department_of_Physics&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Graduates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The graduate school offers a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">Doctor of Philosophy</a> (PhD) in both <a href="/wiki/Theoretical_physics" title="Theoretical physics">theoretical physics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Experimental_physics" title="Experimental physics">experimental physics</a>. The strengths of the department include <a href="/wiki/Particle_physics" title="Particle physics">particle physics</a>, gravity and cosmology, nuclear and atomic physics, and mathematical physics.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rankings">Rankings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Princeton_University_Department_of_Physics&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Rankings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Princeton Department of Physics is often ranked high in national and international rankings. According to <i><a href="/wiki/US_News" class="mw-redirect" title="US News">US News</a></i>, Princeton is ranked as No. 3 in Physics.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <i><a href="/wiki/World_University_Rankings" class="mw-redirect" title="World University Rankings">World University Rankings</a></i> 2019, Princeton was ranked as No. 1 in physical sciences.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By research output, the department is tied for No. 1 with <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_California_at_Berkeley" class="mw-redirect" title="University of California at Berkeley">University of California at Berkeley</a>, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_alumni">Notable alumni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Princeton_University_Department_of_Physics&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notable alumni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Notable alumni include the following: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kip_Thorne" title="Kip Thorne">Kip S. Thorne</a>, Ph.D. *65, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Wilczek" title="Frank Wilczek">Frank Wilczek</a>, Ph.D. *75, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Weinberg" title="Steven Weinberg">Steven Weinberg</a>, Ph.D. *57, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bardeen" title="John Bardeen">John Bardeen</a>, Ph.D. *36, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Feynman" title="Richard Feynman">Richard P. Feynman</a>, Ph.D. *42, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hofstadter" title="Robert Hofstadter">Robert Hofstadter</a>, Ph.D. *38, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_Davisson" title="Clinton Davisson">Clinton J. Davisson</a>, Ph.D. *11, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Compton" title="Arthur Compton">Arthur H. 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