Read article: Einstein’s only experiment is found in French museum
Einstein’s only experiment is found in French museum
1915 experiment established the connection between magnetism and angular momentum
Read article: Einstein’s only experiment is found in French museum
Read article: When Bose wrote to Einstein: the power of diverse thinking
When Bose wrote to Einstein: the power of diverse thinking
Robert P Crease and Gino Elia celebrate the centenary of the prediction of Bose–Einstein condensation
Read article: Size matters: the economies of scale, from the very big to the very small
Size matters: the economies of scale, from the very big to the very small
Tom Tierney reviews Size: How It Explains the World by Vaclav Smil
Read article: Albert Einstein: the living, breathing human being
Albert Einstein: the living, breathing human being
Kate Gardner reviews Einstein in Time and Space: a Life in 99 Particles by Samuel Graydon
Read article: Pioneering the physics of adaptation, writing the history of quantum computing
Pioneering the physics of adaptation, writing the history of quantum computing
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features two pioneers in their fields
Read article: Beyond a ‘man’s world’: patriarchs, matriarchs and the quest for gender equality
Beyond a ‘man’s world’: patriarchs, matriarchs and the quest for gender equality
Isabel Rabey reviews The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule by Angela Saini
Read article: How sound is the model used to establish safe radiation levels?
How sound is the model used to establish safe radiation levels?
Robert P Crease says that if we want to ditch fossil fuels, we must reassess the validity of the “linear no-threshold” model of radiation
Read article: Beyond the bomb: the life and times of J Robert Oppenheimer
Beyond the bomb: the life and times of J Robert Oppenheimer
Andrew Glester reviews the film Oppenheimer, written and directed by Christopher Nolan
Read article: Why was so much spent on quantum computers before they even existed?
Why was so much spent on quantum computers before they even existed?
Robert P Crease finds out why companies, firms and governments invested in quantum computers before the technology existed
Read article: Cold: how physicists learned to manipulate and move particles with laser cooling
Cold: how physicists learned to manipulate and move particles with laser cooling
The early history of laser cooling is a tale of three Nobel prizes and plenty of hard work, as Chad Orzel reveals
