Read article 'The INFN marks half a century of research'
The Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Elisabetta Durante Romano looks at the origins of the institute, its subsequent development and its role in...
Read article 'The New World of Mr Tompkins'
Mr Tompkins is a dreamy, bemused character who blunders his way through the intricacies of modern physics.
Read article 'Au Coeur de la Matière '
In this topical book, CERN theorist Maurice Jacob glibly traces the evolution of our understanding of the underlying structure of matter, from atoms to quarks - and its implications for cosmology.
Read article 'The Genius of Science: A Portrait Gallery'
Don Cundy reviews in 2001 The Genius of Science: A Portrait Gallery.
Read article 'Werner Heisenberg: the Columbus of quantum mechanics'
This year marks the centenary of the birth of Werner Heisenberg, pioneer of quantum mechanics and theoretical high-energy physics. Helmut Rechenberg, Heisenberg's last postgraduate, co-editor of his ...
Read article 'Bose-Einstein condensation revisited'
The award of the 2001 Nobel Prize for Physics to Eric Cornell, Wolfgang Ketterle and Carl Wieman for their "achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms and for early fun...
Read article 'Spin in Particle Physics'
Nikolai Tyurin reviews in 2001 Spin in Particle Physics.
Read article 'Oeuvre et engagement de Frédéric Joliot-Curie'
Maurice Jacob reviews in 2001 Oeuvre et engagement de Frédéric Joliot-Curie.
Read article 'Heavy Quark Physics'
Duccio Abbaneo, CERN.
Read article 'At the Frontier of Particle Physics: Handbook of QCD – Boris Ioffe Festschrift'
Gordon Fraser reviews in 2001 At the Frontier of Particle Physics: Handbook of QCD - Boris Ioffe Festschrift.
