Go, go, go – seminal moments in science
Which chemist, who inspired the fashion for breathing in the newly discovered nitrous oxide (laughing gas), almost killed himself while testing the effects of carbon monoxide? The answer can be found ...
Read article: The legend of the leaning tower
The legend of the leaning tower
What did Galileo really do in Pisa?
Read article: Kepler and Tycho Brahe: the odd couple
Kepler and Tycho Brahe: the odd couple
The story of two, very different, astronomers
Read article: William Thomson: king of Victorian physics
William Thomson: king of Victorian physics
The life and times of Lord Kelvin
Read article: The Einstein File: J Edgar Hoover’s Secret War Against the World’s Most Famous Scientist
The Einstein File: J Edgar Hoover’s Secret War Against the World’s Most Famous Scientist
Why did the US spy on Einstein?
Read article: The double-slit experiment
The double-slit experiment
Who performed the most beautiful experiment in physics?
Read article: Was Aristotle the first physicist?
Was Aristotle the first physicist?
Many think that the Greek philosopher impeded science - but Michael Rowan-Robinson disagrees
A history of the electron with no holes
A full review by Per Dahl, formerly at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, appears in the December issue of Physics World. Somewhat for convenience, the simplistic answer to the question “...
Read article: Werner Heisenberg: controversial scientist
Werner Heisenberg: controversial scientist
Some 100 years after the father of the uncertainty principle was born, historians of science continue to debate the role that Werner Heisenberg played during the Second World War
Read article: Nobel population 1901-50: anatomy of a scientific elite
Nobel population 1901-50: anatomy of a scientific elite
On 10 December this year the Nobel Foundation will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the award of the first Nobel prizes. As the winners of this year’s physics prize – Eric Cornell, Wolfg...
