Read article '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.
Read article '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...
Read article 'Electron Scattering for Nuclear and Nucleon Structure'
Rüdiger Voss reviews in 2002 Electron Scattering for Nuclear and Nucleon Structure.
Read article 'Antimatter – the Ultimate Mirror'
Former CERN Courier editor Gordon Fraser has added brand-new material for the paperback edition of his fast-paced account of the story of antimatter.
Read article 'Chaos in the Kitchen = Symmetry at the Table'
James Gillies reviews in 2002 Chaos in the Kitchen = Symmetry at the Table.
Read article 'A Century of Physics'
Montserrat Capellas Espuny reviews in 2002 A Century of Physics
Read article 'The Casimir Effect: Physical Manifestation of Zero-Point Energy'
John Swain reviews in 2002 The Casimir Effect: Physical Manifestation of Zero-Point Energy.
Read article 'Quantum Electrodynamics'
John March-Russell reviews in 2002 Quantum Electrodynamics.
Read article 'How US physicists first came to work at CERN'
After help from an eminent US figure, CERN was founded in the 1950s to provide a European stage for physics. Once the curtain was up, US physicists found the new laboratory increasingly attractive. In...
Read article 'Forty years of research on the structure of matter'
The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Michael Riordan takes a look at its achievements and current research.
