Read article 'A magnetic memorial to decades of experiments'
Chris Jones looks back 45 years to when the arrival of a special magnet at CERN began a long dynasty of g-2 experiments that continued at the laboratory for more than 20 years.
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Christmas Bookshelf The World Year of Physics has seen many events take place around the globe, in particular honouring Albert Einstein and his annus mirabilis of 1905. This issue, Bookshelf looks to ...
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50 Years of Yang-Mills Theory by Gerardus ‘t Hooft (ed), World Scientific. Hardback ISBN 9812389342, £51 ($84). Paperback ISBN 9812560076, £21 ($34). Anniversary volumes usually mark a...
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An Introduction to Black Holes, Information and the String Theory Revolution: The Holographic Universe by Leonard Susskind and James Lindesay, World Scientific. Hardback ISBN 9812560831, £17 ($28...
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Learning About Particles – 50 Privileged Years by Jack Steinberger, Springer. Hardback ISBN 3540213295, €39.95 (£30.50, $49.95). Learning About Particles is an interesting excursion f...
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Large Hadron Collider Phenomenology by M Krämer and F J P Soler (eds), Institute of Physics Publishing. Hardback ISBN 0750309865, £75 ($125). The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is often describ...
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Very High Energy Cosmic Gamma Radiation: A Crucial Window on the Extreme Universe by Felix A Aharonian, World Scientific. Hardback ISBN 9810245734, £65 ($107). Astronomy – the study of all ...
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Debunked! ESP, Telekinesis and Other Pseudoscience by Georges Charpak and Henri Broch, translated by Bart K Holland, Johns Hopkins University Press. Hardback ISBN 0801878675, $25. Georges Charpak will...
Read article 'ISOLDE goes from strength to strength'
In 1964 CERN took the initiative to develop the means for studying short-lived nuclei. Forty years on, ISOLDE continues to be a world-leading facility for research with radioactive beams.
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Jacquard’s Web by James Essinger, Oxford University Press. Hardback ISBN 0192805770, £14.99. When invited to review Jacquard’s Web, I admit that I had to google (v.t., Macmillan Engli...
