Read article: Strange thinking
Strange thinking
Jane Hesling reviews Weird Math: a Teenage Genius and His Teacher Reveal the Strange Connections Between Math and Everyday Life by David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee
Read article: Strange thinking
Read article: Nobel impact
Nobel impact
With this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics being awarded for “groundbreaking inventions in laser physics”, James McKenzie examines the value of basic research to business
Read article: A chilling read
A chilling read
Kate Gardner reviews Brave New Arctic: the Untold Story of the Melting North by Mark C Serreze
Read article: The first step
The first step
Tushna Commissariat reviews the film First Man, directed by Damien Chazelle
Read article: The spirit of science
The spirit of science
In his winning entry to the inaugural Physics World science-communication award, Liujun Zou explains why basic science is vital for China
Read article: Hydrogen: the word from the UK’s Committee on Climate Change
Hydrogen: the word from the UK’s Committee on Climate Change
With hydrogen “likely to be an important part of the next stage of the UK’s energy transition”, Dave Elliott looks at the pros and cons
Read article: Being human
Being human
Anna Demming reviews Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine by Hannah Fry
Read article: Thirteen tales that must be told
Thirteen tales that must be told
Jessica Wade reviews Wally Funk’s Race for Space: the Extraordinary Story of a Female Aviation Pioneer by Sue Nelson
Read article: Strings and theories
Strings and theories
Achintya Rao reviews When the Uncertainty Principle Goes to 11: Or How to Explain Quantum Physics with Heavy Metal by Philip Moriarty
Read article: The quantum heretics
The quantum heretics
Iain Dale-Trotter reviews What is Real: the Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics by Adam Becker
