Read article: Profiles of genius and persecution
Profiles of genius and persecution
Dan Falk asks if anything unites the many Jewish successful physicists of the 20th century
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Read article: Profiles of genius and persecution
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Read article: Exploring the nuclear world: the life and science of Gertrude Scharff-Goldhaber
Exploring the nuclear world: the life and science of Gertrude Scharff-Goldhaber
Sidney Perkowitz delves into the life of the trailblazing nuclear physicist, who overcame significant odds to pursue her work
Clock-watching since the start of time
If you want to learn about atomic clocks or the sophisticated construction of an atomic timescale, then Jo Ellen Barnett’s book is not the right place. However, if you are fa...
Read article: Einstein, the travelling physicist
Einstein, the travelling physicist
Alberto A Martínez reviews Josef Eisinger's Einstein on the Road
Read article: Stalin’s scientists
Stalin’s scientists
A multifaceted portrait of scientific life in the Soviet Union, reviewed by Asif Siddiqi
Read article: Good scientists and honest people
Good scientists and honest people
A biography of one of the Manhattan Project's less-heralded physicists, reviewed by Andrew Robinson
Einstein's landing card resurfaces after 80 years
Document tells story of how Einstein fled Nazi Germany for England
Read article: How the Stern–Gerlach experiment made physicists believe in quantum mechanics
How the Stern–Gerlach experiment made physicists believe in quantum mechanics
Hamish Johnston celebrates 100 years of the Stern–Gerlach experiment, which gave credibility to the notion of quantum mechanics
Read article: Rainer Weiss: 50 years of LIGO and gravitational waves
Rainer Weiss: 50 years of LIGO and gravitational waves
Nobel-prize-winning physicist Rainer Weiss talks with Sidney Perkowitz about his life and work, including his role in the advent of gravitational-wave astronomy
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