Read article 'The Human Condition: Reality, Science and History'
The Human Condition: Reality, Science and History
Renowned accelerator physicist Gregory Loew has written an insightful book of truly ambitious scope, writes our reviewer.
Read article 'The Human Condition: Reality, Science and History'
Read article 'Fiction, in theory'
Fiction, in theory
French actor Irène Jacob's novel is an intimate portrait of life as the daughter of a renowned theoretical physicist, writes James Gillies.
Read article 'Ascent commemorates cosmic-ray pioneers'
Ascent commemorates cosmic-ray pioneers
Particle physicists brought cosmic-ray science to the heart of the Château-d’Oex International Balloon Festival.
Read article 'Rolf Widerøe: a giant in the history of accelerators'
Rolf Widerøe: a giant in the history of accelerators
Aashild Sørheim's book presents new documentary evidence on the wartime life of an engineer who had a seminal impact on accelerator physics, writes Kurt Hübner.
Read article 'Einstein and Heisenberg: The Controversy over Quantum Physics'
Einstein and Heisenberg: The Controversy over Quantum Physics
Peter Jenni reviews Konrad Kleinknecht's new book on the interwoven stories of two giants of twentieth century physics.
Read article 'Life with antiprotons and quarks: Vladislav Šimák 1934–2019'
Life with antiprotons and quarks: Vladislav Šimák 1934–2019
Since the early 1960s his vision and organisational skills helped shape experimental particle physics in Czechoslovakia and Czechia.
Read article '50 years of the GIM mechanism'
50 years of the GIM mechanism
A symposium to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Glashow, Iliopoulos and Maiani's explanation of the suppression of strangeness-changing neutral currents was held in Shanghai.
Read article 'CERN’s proton synchrotron turns 60'
CERN’s proton synchrotron turns 60
A colloquium was held at CERN on 25 November 2019.
Read article 'Maxwell’s enduring legacy'
Maxwell’s enduring legacy
Malcom Longair has written a monumental account of the Cavendish Laboratory.
Read article 'ATLAS – A 25 Year Insider Story of the LHC Experiment'
ATLAS – A 25 Year Insider Story of the LHC Experiment
117 authors collaborated to write on diverse aspects of the ATLAS project.
