Introducing the higgson
Gordon Fraser and Michael Riordan explain why the Higgs boson should be called simply the "higgson"
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Peter Higgs in the spotlight
Peter Higgs speaks to Physics World about his life in science and the search for the eponymous boson in a special audio interview
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When physics was ‘made in the USA’
Manjit Kumar reviews David Cassidy's A Short History of Physics in the American Century
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Quantum guidebooks
Robert P Crease surveys the many tour guides to the quantum world
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Between the lines
Books about transits of Venus, scientific tattoos and world-changing equations, reviewed by Margaret Harris
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When Creativity met Necessity
Roger Bridgman reviews Mad Like Tesla and How James Watt Invented the Copier
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Atmospheric tales
Robert P Crease asks why the discovery of Venus's atmosphere is still so controversial
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Venus: it’s now or never
As next month's transit of Venus nears, Jay M Pasachoff examines the science and history of these exceptionally rare events
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Einstein, the travelling physicist
Alberto A Martínez reviews Josef Eisinger's Einstein on the Road
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The cat that never dies
Robert P Crease explains the enduring fascination with Schrödinger's cat
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