Robert P Crease reveals readers’ favourite holiday-physics problems – and outlines some new teasers too
Read article: Snowflakes, snorkelling and spacewalks: your holiday secrets revealed
Laura Hiscott reviews Eight Improbable Possibilities: the Mystery of the Moon and Other Implausible Scientific Truths by John Gribbin
Read article: Joining the dots: how seemingly unrelated fields of science are fundamentally linked
Michael Banks reviews Shape: the Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else by Jordan Ellenberg
Read article: How geometry can help us understand everything from biology to politics
Kate Gardner reviews The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another by Ainissa Ramirez
Read article: How the technology we create changes us
Laura Hiscott reviews Flashes of Creation: George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the Great Big Bang Debate by Paul Halpern
Read article: Two scientists’ debate over whether the universe had a beginning – and how the elements were created
While the technological applications of quantum mechanics are bright, its meaning remains opaque. Thankfully, as Robert P Crease explains, philosophers of science are working on it
Read article: The conundrum at the heart of quantum physics – and how philosophers of science can help
Andrew Robinson reviews The Man from the Future: the Visionary Life of John von Neumann by Ananyo Bhattacharya
Read article: Brilliant polymath, troubled person: how John von Neumann shaped our world
Mauritz Kop assesses the ethical principles we must all adopt so that the application of quantum technologies is equitable and safe
Read article: Why we need to consider the ethical implications of quantum technologies
Rachel Brazil reviews How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason by Lee McIntyre
Read article: The causes of science denial and how to combat it
James McKenzie is excited about the prospects of firms developing technology based on seemingly esoteric fundamental quantum phenomena
Read article: Towards quantum 2.0 technology: where the best opportunities for business lie
