Read article 'The Quantum Exodus: Jewish Fugitives, the Atomic Bomb, and the Holocaust'
Herwig Schopper reviews in 2012 The Quantum Exodus: Jewish Fugitives, the Atomic Bomb, and the Holocaust.
Read article 'The history of QCD'
Harald Fritzsch, one of the pioneers of quantum chromodynamics, recalls some of the background to the development of the theory 40 years ago.
Read article 'ESO and CERN: a tale of two organizations'
A look back at the birth of ESO 50 years ago.
Read article 'ESO and CERN – 50 years later'
Catherine Cesarsky reflects on the long-standing relationship between the two flourishing European organizations.
Read article 'Time Machines'
Michael Marten reviews in 2012 Time Machines.
Read article 'Pierre-Gilles de Gennes: A Life in Science'
François Vannucci reviews in 2012 Pierre-Gilles de Gennes: A Life in Science.
Read article 'A day to remember'
A summary of this issue of the CERN Courier featuring the discovery of the Higgs boson announced in July this year.
Read article 'Inside story: the search in CMS for the Higgs boson'
The search for the Standard Model Higgs boson, the missing keystone of the current framework for describing elementary particles and forces, has been going on for some 40 years.
Read article 'How the hippies saved physics: science, counterculture, and the quantum revival'
Carlos Lourenço reviews in 2012 How the hippies saved physics: science, counterculture, and the quantum revival.
Read article 'Powering the Future: How We Will (Eventually) Solve the Energy Crisis and Fuel the Civilization of Tomorrow'
Massimo Giovannini reviews in 2012 Powering the Future: How We Will (Eventually) Solve the Energy Crisis and Fuel the Civilization of Tomorrow.
