Read article 'Superconductivity of Metals and Alloys'
From the author's introductory course at Orsay, this text explains the basic knowledge of superconductivity for both experimentalists and theoreticians.
Read article 'Introduction to Superstrings and M-Theory (2nd edn)'
This edition of Kaku's book, first published in 1988, ensures the continued availability of a valuable introduction to this field, already heralded in some quarters as the physics of the 21st century.
Read article 'Accelerator Physics'
Helmut Burkhardt reviews in 1999 Accelerator Physics.
Read article 'A tale of three regions'
The impact of CERN, particularly with regard to technology transfer and industrial spin-offs, shows an interesting three-fold pattern that reflects the very different geographical and political regi...
Read article 'From Hiroshima to the Iceman'
This is a fascinating account of a major particle accelerator application success by an enthusiastic scientist who played a major role in its development. Harry Gove contributed an article on AMS to ...
Read article 'Making Physics: a Biography of Brookhaven National Laboratory'
David C Rahm reviews in 1999 Making Physics: a Biography of Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Read article 'A wide span of physics'
Nobel prizewinner in 1984, architect and mason of CERN's biggest ever physics discovery and director-general of CERN from 1989 to 1993, Carlo Rubbia remains a continual fountainhead of new ideas. A ...
Read article 'Copenhagen interpretation'
Now playing to full houses in London's theatreland is Copenhagen, a fascinating new play that imagines a dialogue between the ghosts of quantum pioneers Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg.
Read article 'Detectors for Particle Radiation by Konrad Kleinknecht'
The second edition of this popular text has been updated with the inclusion of recent detector developments and a presentation of modern experimental facilities.
Read article 'Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Field Theory'
Tian Yu Cao's book Conceptual Developments of 20th Century Field Theories, published in 1997, was hailed in many quarters as a masterpiece. The same careful thinking is evident in this book, the re...
