A very strange year
2002 was full of highs and lows
Sharing out the Nobel prize
Three prizes should be awarded each year
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In the matter of J Hendrik Schön
What lessons can we learn from the misconduct at Bell Labs?
Deconstructing rainbows
“A single ray of light has a pathetic repertoire, limited to bending and bouncing (into water, glass or air, and from mirrors). But when rays are put together into a family – sunlight, for...
Hanging together
Is physics in crisis?
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Manufacturing firsts in physics
The first collisions at accelerators tend to be stage managed
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The Einstein File: J Edgar Hoover’s Secret War Against the World’s Most Famous Scientist
Why did the US spy on Einstein?
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The most beautiful experiments in physics as chosen by real physicists
What is the most beautiful experiment in physics, according to our poll of Physics World readers? Robert P Crease reports
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The double-slit experiment
Who performed the most beautiful experiment in physics?
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Opening the book of revelations
Science is a uniquely public form of knowledge. What distinguishes it from other forms of knowledge is that scientific hypotheses can be checked by anyone with the will and resources to do so. In prin...
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