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Read article: Competitive not cut-throat: what baseball’s Ted Williams tells us about physicists’ instincts Culture, history and society Opinion and reviews Competitive not cut-throat: what baseball’s Ted Williams tells us about physicists’ instincts Physicists are competitive, but that doesn’t make them cut-throat, argues Robert P Crease
Read article: Where did all the calculus go? Education and outreach Opinion and reviews Where did all the calculus go? Niki Bell argues that mathematics A-level could be reformed so that it does more to support physics students
Read article: An inventory of cosmological mysteries Cosmology Opinion and reviews An inventory of cosmological mysteries Laura Hiscott reviews What’s Eating the Universe and Other Cosmic Questions by Paul Davies
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Read article: The great upheaval in physics – through the eyes of a scientist who was there History Opinion and reviews The great upheaval in physics – through the eyes of a scientist who was there Laura Hiscott reviews Sir James Jeans: Scientist, Philosopher and Musician by Christopher Jeans and Alexandr Kozenko
Read article: An illustrated guide to relativity Gravity Opinion and reviews An illustrated guide to relativity Laura Hiscott reviews Reimagining Time: a Light-Speed Tour of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity by Tanya Bub and Jeffrey Bub
Read article: The importance of taking time out Ethics Opinion and reviews The importance of taking time out With the pandemic resulting in widescale burnout among academics, Karel Green says that stepping away from the office has never been so essential