Read article 'Rolf Widerøe: a giant in the history of accelerators'
Aashild Sørheim's book presents new documentary evidence on the wartime life of an engineer who had a seminal impact on accelerator physics, writes Kurt Hübner.
Read article 'A unique exercise in scientific diplomacy'
Michel Claessens’ new book ITER: The Giant Fusion Reactor unfolds 40 years of the history of nuclear fusion, says Lucio Rossi.
Read article 'Einstein and Heisenberg: The Controversy over Quantum Physics'
Peter Jenni reviews Konrad Kleinknecht's new book on the interwoven stories of two giants of twentieth century physics.
Read article 'Maxwell’s enduring legacy'
Malcom Longair has written a monumental account of the Cavendish Laboratory.
Read article 'ATLAS – A 25 Year Insider Story of the LHC Experiment'
117 authors collaborated to write on diverse aspects of the ATLAS project.
Read article 'Taking the temperature of collider calorimetry'
Michele Livan and Richard Wigmans have written an up-to-date introduction to both the fundamental physics and the technical parameters.
Read article 'The Weil conjectures'
Karen Olsson's book tours the lives of Simone Weil and her brother, the noted mathematician André Weil.
Read article 'The consolations of physics'
Tim Radford's new book is a celebration of the best in humanity, built around the successes of CERN, LIGO and most of all the Voyager mission, says James Gillies.
Read article 'Redeeming the role of mathematics'
Graham Farmelo’s new book sheds light on the current debate on the role of mathematics in theoretical physics, says CERN's former head of theory, Wolfgang Lerche.
Read article 'The cutting edge of cancer research'
In recent years, physicists have contributed insights into the interplay of phenomena at different scales.
