Culture and history Archives – Page 90 of 105

Facing Up: Science and its Cultural Adversaries

Robert Cailliau reviews in 2002 Facing Up: Science and its Cultural Adversaries.

CERN’s summer student programme turns 40

It was in 1962, when Victor Weisskopf was CERN director-general, that the laboratory’s summer student programme began.

Latin American physics centre celebrates 40th anniversary

The Rio de Janeiro-based Centro Latinoamericano de Física (CLAF) celebrated its 40th anniversary on 26 March. Founded under the auspices of UNESCO following the CERN model, CLAF was established to pr...

The Atom in the History of Human Thought

Horst Wachsmuth reviews in 2002 The Atom in the History of Human Thought.

Handbook of Radiation Effects

Marco Silari reviews in 2002 Handbook of Radiation Effects.

Quarks, Leptons and the Big Bang (2nd edition)

This edition is a revised and updated version of the King's School, Canterbury teacher's popular high-school introduction to particle physics and cosmology.

Radioactive beam research notches up 50 years

Research using accelerated beams of short-lived nuclei has grown into a major activity. Karsten Riisager reports from a recent symposium in Copenhagen that looked at the status and future prospects of...