Just-in-time physics
Robert P Crease sees if it's possible to study physics by learning only what you need to finish a project
Read article: Just-in-time physics
Read article: Just-in-time physics
Between the lines
Science-fiction short stories based on real exoplanets and advice for young scientists from the biologist Edward O Wilson, reviewed by Margaret Harris
Read article: Between the lines
Between the lines
A play about Newton and books about Internet spam and quantum randomness, reviewed by Margaret Harris
Read article: Between the lines
Structural disputes
A biography of the mathematical biophysicist Dorothy Wrinch, reviewed by Athene Donald
Read article: Structural disputes
The new idols
Robert P Crease wonders who would today be on Francis Bacon's list of "idols" that hamper our study of nature
Read article: The new idols
Diversifying physics
MIT students and faculty believe that diversity is the key to success
Read article: Diversifying physics
Between the lines
Books on sexy statistics and elegant particles, reviewed by Margaret Harris
Read article: Between the lines
The electrical human
A book on the various roles that electricity plays in the human body, reviewed by Richard Clayton
Read article: The electrical human
Consciousness from the ground up
Werner Loewenstein's Physics in Mind, reviewed by Seth Lloyd
Read article: Consciousness from the ground up
Why humour matters: physics’ tradition of thoughtful joke-telling
Has big science killed “deep jokes”? Robert P Crease hopes not and asks for your funny tales
Read article: Why humour matters: physics’ tradition of thoughtful joke-telling
