This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features two pioneers in their fields
Read article: Pioneering the physics of adaptation, writing the history of quantum computing
Isabel Rabey reviews The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule by Angela Saini
Read article: Beyond a ‘man’s world’: patriarchs, matriarchs and the quest for gender equality
Robert P Crease says that if we want to ditch fossil fuels, we must reassess the validity of the “linear no-threshold” model of radiation
Read article: How sound is the model used to establish safe radiation levels?
Andrew Glester reviews the film Oppenheimer, written and directed by Christopher Nolan
Read article: Beyond the bomb: the life and times of J Robert Oppenheimer
Robert P Crease finds out why companies, firms and governments invested in quantum computers before the technology existed
Read article: Why was so much spent on quantum computers before they even existed?
The early history of laser cooling is a tale of three Nobel prizes and plenty of hard work, as Chad Orzel reveals
Read article: Cold: how physicists learned to manipulate and move particles with laser cooling
Kate Gardner reviews The Limits of Genius: the Surprising Stupidity of the World’s Greatest Minds by Katie Spalding
Read article: Sects, drugs and drunken duels: lighter moments from the history of science
This podcast features David Kaiser, who has edited a new book on Freeman Dyson
Read article: Freeman Dyson: we explore the extraordinary life of the rebel physicist
Kate Gardner reviews Queen of Codes: the Secret Life of Emily Anderson, Britain’s Greatest Female Codebreaker by Jackie Uí Chionna
Read article: Uncovering the hidden history of codebreaker Emily Anderson
Sidney Perkowitz delves into the life of the trailblazing nuclear physicist, who overcame significant odds to pursue her work
Read article: Exploring the nuclear world: the life and science of Gertrude Scharff-Goldhaber
