Physics and industry
Under-investment and a shortage of physics graduates are bad news for physics- based industries
Read article: Anti-Einstein sentiment surfaces again
Anti-Einstein sentiment surfaces again
In defence of Einstein
Read article: The Newton-Beethoven analogy
The Newton-Beethoven analogy
Genius and creativity in art and science
Smarter, wiser, happy or sad?
Long ago, when I was a postdoc at Harvard, I read a book by Herman Kahn, futurologist and all-round guru at the Hudson Institute in New York State. He gave a ranked list of the 50 major problems that ...
Read article: The Rosalind Franklin question
The Rosalind Franklin question
Why are we still fascinated by the Dark Lady of DNA?
Physics and DNA
50 years of physics and the double helix
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: Biff, bang, pow – science takes a knock
Biff, bang, pow – science takes a knock
The blurry line between science fact and fiction
Read article: The legend of the leaning tower
The legend of the leaning tower
What did Galileo really do in Pisa?
Life after the White Paper
Increased tuition fees will pose problems for physics
