Read article 'Nobel inspiration: a passion for precision'
Carolyn Lee talks to Theodor Hänsch, who shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy.
Read article 'Rewards for optics in theory and practice'
The 2005 Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to three physicists working in the field of optics, in recognition of past advances in the understanding of light as well as the present-day potential ...
Read article 'CERN, the violin and the music of the spheres'
The World Year of Physics is upon us, designated Einstein Year in the UK. Brian Foster considers the complex web of connections between two of the famous scientist's main passions - music and physics.
Read article 'DESY’s founding father'
Erich Lohrmann on the decisive impact of Willibald Jentschke on DESY's history
Read article 'Jentschke at CERN: 1971-1975'
Willi Jentschke arrived at CERN to take over from Bernard Gregory as director-general at the start of 1971, a year of major developments for the laboratory and the beginning of a period of remarkable ...
Read article 'Paul Dirac: a genius in the history of physics'
This year is the 100th anniversary of Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac who was born in Bristol, England, on 8 August 1902 and died on 20 October 1984 in Tallahassee, Florida, US. Richard Dalitz looks back ov...
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 'Higgs is honoured in Edinburgh'
As part of the recent UK Institute of Physics conference, Particle Physics 2000, in Edinburgh, a special symposium was held to celebrate the 70th year of Peter Higgs, after whom the elusive "Higgs ...
Read article 'Eclipse of a visionary'
Bjørn Wiik, visionary and talented director-general of the DESY Laboratory, Hamburg, died in a domestic accident in February, leaving the laboratory, and a major part of the world's high-energy physi...
Read article 'A tribute to Bjørn Wiik'
Bjørn Wiik's important role in furthering international collaboration was also highlighted at a special gathering at the Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Sicily.
