Read article 'A unique period for computing, but will it last?'
The computing demands expected this decade puts HEP in a similar position to 1995 when the field moved to PCs, argues Sverre Jarp.
Read article 'How to find a Higgs boson'
Ivo van Vulpen’s popular book isn’t an airy pamphlet cashing in on the 2012 discovery, but a realistic representation of what it’s like to be a particle physicist.
Read article 'Particles mean prizes'
Just five research areas account for more than half of Nobel prizes.
Read article 'New Perspectives on Einstein’s E = mc2'
Young Suh Kim and Marilyn Noz’s book may struggle to find its audience, says Nikolaos Rompotis.
Read article '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 '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'
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'
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'
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'
Since the early 1960s his vision and organisational skills helped shape experimental particle physics in Czechoslovakia and Czechia.
