1905: Einstein’s paper revolution
Outside it is a warm May evening, as two friends sit deep in discussion in a coffee house in Berne. “Besso, you must help me, I think I am going mad. How is it even thinkable that a light ray co...
Read article: Paul Dirac: the purest soul in physics
Paul Dirac: the purest soul in physics
Paul Dirac published the first of his papers on "The Quantum Theory of the Electron" 70 years ago this month. The Dirac equation, derived in those papers, is one of the most important equations in phy...
Weighty history misses mark
Reviewed by John Maddox If war is too important to be left to the generals, then surely the research community should be on its guard against leaving the history of discovery to the historians of scie...
Read article: 100 years of the electron: from discovery to application
100 years of the electron: from discovery to application
Joseph John Thomson – universally known as J J – discovered the electron 100 years ago this month
