The new idols
Robert P Crease wonders who would today be on Francis Bacon's list of "idols" that hamper our study of nature
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Structural disputes
A biography of the mathematical biophysicist Dorothy Wrinch, reviewed by Athene Donald
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The electrical human
A book on the various roles that electricity plays in the human body, reviewed by Richard Clayton
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Why water prefers the single life
Researchers challenge idea that liquid water has two separate forms
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An iconoclast’s career
A new biography of Freeman Dyson, reviewed by Philip Anderson
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The quantum moment
Robert P Crease on why quantum mechanics is now as culturally significant as Newtonian mechanics
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Why did Einstein say ‘God doesn’t play dice’?
Martin Archer on why Einstein was uncomfortable with quantum mechanics
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Between the lines
Books on mathematics and Albert Einstein's practical side, reviewed by Margaret Harris
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Robert Richardson: 1937–2013
Superfluidity pioneer who shared 1996 Nobel prize dies at 75
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A fusion of minds
Richard Corfield examines the mystery of the astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell's visit to the Soviet Union in 1963
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