Review Archives – Page 9 of 82

Music of the muons

Music and dance troupe Les Atomes Dansants use muon tracks from W, Z and Higgs events in CMS data to explore the links between science and art.

Signatures of the Artist

Steven Vigdor’s idea is that deviations from perfect symmetry are not “bugs”, but are beautiful and essential.

Guido Altarelli’s legacy

There can be little doubt that a conspicuous part of the famous triumph of quantum field theory must be ascribed to the depth and breadth of Guido Altarelli’s contributions.

Radio-euphoria rebooted?

In this book Obodovskiy shows that radio-phobia causes far greater harm to public health and economic development than the radiation itself.

Artistic encounters of the quantum kind

Quàntica, which opened on 9 April at the Centre de Cultural Contemporània de Barcelona, invites you to explore quantum physics through the lens of both art and science.

Rutherford in three movements

Accompanied by physics historian John Campbell, the viewer learns about this great scientist from his ordinary childhood as a “Kiwi boy” to his untimely death in 1937.

Multi-messenger adventures

"This book offers a well-balanced introduction to particle and astroparticle physics, requiring only a basic background of classical and quantum physics."