Read article: The cradle of modern science
The cradle of modern science
Steven Weinberg's latest book offers rich insights on the history of science, but reviewer Paul Montgomery finds its treatment of philosophy frustrating
Read article: The cradle of modern science
Read article: Tinker, tailor, physicist, spy?
Tinker, tailor, physicist, spy?
Was Bruno Pontecorvo a Soviet spy, or just a naive nuclear physicist caught up in a bigger drama? Simone Turchetti weighs up the evidence in Frank Close's new book
Read article: 15 years and counting
15 years and counting
Robert P Crease reflects on a decade and a half of the Physics World Critical Point column
Read article: Albert and Erwin: decline and fall
Albert and Erwin: decline and fall
A fresh take on Erwin Schrödinger's later years in Ireland, reviewed by Denis Weaire
Read article: Fight over light
Fight over light
Robert P Crease examines why Goethe so savagely attacked Newton's views on optics
Read article: Large Hadron Collider fires up in a bid to shake up the Standard Model
Large Hadron Collider fires up in a bid to shake up the Standard Model
Searches for supersymmetry and dark matter will mark out the CERN collider's second run
Rediscovering Marie Curie and the pioneering women of science
A look back at some of the trailblazing women of physics
Read article: Between the lines
Between the lines
Tasneem Zehra Husain’s imaginative physics-history novel Only the Longest Threads and Peter Adey’s ramble through Air: Nature and Culture, reviewed by Margaret Harris
Read article: Ringing changes on vital information
Ringing changes on vital information
How do you capture the information revolution in a museum exhibit? Andrew Robinson reviews a book with plenty to say about this challenge
Read article: Craft, science, early industry
Craft, science, early industry
James Watt and the interplay between "thinking" and "doing" in the Industrial Revolution makes for a meaty subject, writes Basil Mahon
