Read article: Did Picasso know about Einstein?
Did Picasso know about Einstein?
Was it a coincidence that Picasso developed Cubism at about the same time that Einstein published his theory of relativity?
Read article: Did Picasso know about Einstein?
Read article: Sakharov, science and freedom
Sakharov, science and freedom
If anyone deserves more than one biography then surely that honour should go to Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), the physicist who produced the most powerful explosion in the history of the world and 14 y...
Read article: Facing Up: Science and its Cultural Adversaries, Steven Weinberg
Facing Up: Science and its Cultural Adversaries, Steven Weinberg
Steven Weinberg inhabits a bleak world infested with adversaries that he is impelled to combat. He faces up to them with scientific rigour and lawyerly precision, as readers of this fascinating book o...
Read article: Institute of Physics names next chief executive
Institute of Physics names next chief executive
Industrialist Julia King is to succeed Alun Jones in September
From the big bang to the eureka moment
Peter Rodgers reports from Stephen Hawking's 60th birthday celebrations
Read article: Guglielmo Marconi: radio star
Guglielmo Marconi: radio star
A lack of formal education, high-powered family connections and an unstoppable will to succeed helped Guglielmo Marconi to transmit the first radio signal across the Atlantic and launch the wireless-c...
Read article: Isaac Newton: the gifted genius
Isaac Newton: the gifted genius
It seems unlikely that we will ever lose our fascination for the man whom David Berlinski calls “the largest figure in the history of Western science” and the author of “the greatest...
Read article: The industrial physicist who has it all
The industrial physicist who has it all
Cherry Murray is vice president for physical-sciences research at Bell Labs. Valerie Jamieson finds out how she made it to the top in one of the world's most famous physics labs
Read article: Revenge of the science writer
Revenge of the science writer
Robert P Crease recalls a revealing encounter with Richard Feynman
Read article: Max Planck: the reluctant revolutionary
Max Planck: the reluctant revolutionary
100 years ago Max Planck published a paper that gave birth to quantum mechanics – but he didn't immediately realize the consequences of his work, says Helge Kragh
