牛津大学圣十字物理史与哲学中心（HAPP）成立十周年，出版了一本纪念文集，收录了众多物理学家的文章。该文集围绕物理学家历史、空间与天文学、哲学视角和物理概念四个主题展开，探讨了物理学领域的重大议题，包括外星智慧搜索、科学思想发展、20世纪重大物理发现以及未来大型物理设施等。HAPP致力于将物理学的历史、哲学和方法论以通俗易懂的方式呈现给公众，促进公众对物理学的理解和兴趣。

😊**纪念文集出版:** 为庆祝圣十字物理史与哲学中心（HAPP）成立十周年，该中心出版了一本纪念文集，收录了众多物理学家的文章，涵盖了物理学领域的多个重要议题。

📅**四个主题架构:** 该文集围绕四个主题展开：物理学家历史、空间与天文学、哲学视角和物理概念，每个主题都包含了相关领域的重要内容和观点。

🌟**知名物理学家参与:** 文集中包含了Martin Rees关于外星智慧搜索、Carlo Rovelli关于科学思想发展以及已故的Steven Weinberg关于20世纪重大物理发现的文章，展现了物理学领域的多样性和深度。

🔭**未来大型物理设施:** 文章也探讨了未来十年大型物理设施的发展和可能产生的科学成果，并列出了作者认为值得关注的十个设施。

🗣️**HAPP的使命:** HAPP致力于为公众提供一个平台，以通俗易懂的方式介绍物理学的研究方法、哲学和历史，促进公众对物理学的理解和兴趣。

If you want to read about controversies in physics, a (brief) history of the speed of light or the quest for dark matter, then make sure to check out this collection of papers to mark the 10th anniversary of the St Cross Centre for the History and Philosophy of Physics (HAPP).

HAPP was co-founded in 2014 by Jo Ashbourn and James Dodd and since then the centre has run a series of one-day conferences as well as standalone lectures and seminars about big topics in physics and philosophy.

Based on these contributions, HAPP has now published a 10th anniversary commemorative volume in the open-access Journal of Physics: Conference Series, which is published by IOP Publishing.

The volume is structured around four themes: physicists across history; space and astronomy; philosophical perspectives; and concepts in physics.

The big names in physics to write for the volume include Martin Rees on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence across a century; Carlo Rovelli on scientific thinking across the centuries; and the late Steven Weinberg on the greatest physics discoveries of the 20th century.

I was delighted to also contribute to the volume based on a talk I gave in February 2020 for a one-day HAPP meeting about big science in physics.

The conference covered the past, present and future of big science and I spoke about the coming decade of new facilities in physics and the possible science that may result. I also included my “top 10 facilities to watch” for the coming decade.

In a preface to the volume, Ashbourn writes that HAPP was founded to provide “a forum in which the philosophy and methodologies that inform how current research in physics is undertaken would be included alongside the history of the discipline in an accessible way that could engage the general public as well as scientists, historians and philosophers,” adding that she is “looking forward” to HAPP’s second decade.

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