Solutions to the skills gap
Roberts review tackles the shortage of science and engineering graduates
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Roberts review tackles the shortage of science and engineering graduates
John Polkinghorne wins £700 000 Templeton Prize
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Previously unseen letters by Niels Bohr reveal why Werner Heisenberg visited him in 1941
The 2001 research-assessment exercise shows a sharp rise in the quality of UK physics
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Letters by Niels Bohr that have been kept secret since his death could explain the mystery of why Werner Heisenberg visited him in Copenhagen in 1941
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Matin Durrani looks at how to point your career in a new direction and finds that it helps to think carefully about your options before a crisis strikes
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There has never been a better time for physicists to set up their own firms. We profile some of those who have gone into business and seek their advice for would-be entrepreneurs
Read article: Physics goes commercial
Matin Durrani looks at physics-based companies that have succeeded in dominating their market
Read article: Triumph of the small business
I remember arguing long and hard with a friend at a campsite in deepest Bavaria about how many stars one can see in the night sky with the unaided human eye. The answer, according to this charming new book by James Kaler, is about 8000 – so my original estimate was about right all along […]
Columbia University string theorist Brian Greene can put his feet up this Christmas, safe in the knowledge that his popular-science title The Elegant Universe is this year’s best-selling physics book on both sides of the Atlantic, according to Amazon, the on-line bookstore. The book already scooped the Aventis Prize for Science Books earlier this year. […]