Einstein letter fetches record amount at auction
‘Private buyer with a passion for theoretical physics’ bids £170,000
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The Bohr paradox
Robert P Crease explains why Niels Bohr's towering role in the history of physics can be difficult to appreciate
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James Clerk Maxwell: a force for physics
Celebrating Maxwell Year
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A life of genius and tragedy
The enduring fascination of J Robert Oppenheimer
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Explorer of stars and souls: Arthur Stanley Eddington
Matthew Stanley looks back at the life of the astronomer Arthur Eddington, whose solar-eclipse measurements 100 years ago confirmed Einstein's general theory of relativity
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William Rowan Hamilton: mathematical genius
Famous Irish scientist was born 200 years ago
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When physicists reigned supreme
An excellent history of 19th century physics
New light on Hitler’s bomb
Did Germany test an atomic bomb?
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Einstein’s revolutionary paper
More than photoelectric effect
The last universal physicist
The brilliant Enrico Fermi
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