Read article: Figuring out a handshake
Figuring out a handshake
Bruce Knuteson asks why scientists do not sell what they learn
Read article: Figuring out a handshake
Read article: This time it’s different
This time it’s different
Robert P Crease claims the traditional model of scientific authority is defunct
Read article: Franken-physics
Franken-physics
Robert P Crease looks at the impact on science of Frankenstein
Read article: Galaxies and auroras and planets, oh my!
Galaxies and auroras and planets, oh my!
The coffee-table book of all the winning and shortlisted images in the 2016 Astronomy Photographer of the Year award is a sight to behold, says Tushna Commissariat
Read article: Bright ideas and their architects
Bright ideas and their architects
Stephen Wolfram's collection of essays details big ideas and the people who thought of them, although some of the tales are rather partial, says Tony Mann
Read article: Tracing the path towards totality
Tracing the path towards totality
Tyler Nordgren’s book on the science and beauty of a total solar eclipse flows between personal experiences and scientific facts
Read article: Life as we do and don’t know it
Life as we do and don’t know it
Looking at everything from extremophiles on Earth to galactic habitability zones, this book on astrobiology covers all the basics, says Dimitra Atri
Read article: Fermi: physicist with a capital F
Fermi: physicist with a capital F
The first in-depth English-language biography of one of the heavyweights of modern physics – Enrico Fermi – has been long awaited, says Marina Cobal
Read article: Zombie girls: a history
Zombie girls: a history
A new book tells the depressing but important tale of female radium-dial painters in the early 1900s who contracted radiation poisoning, writes Kate Brown
Read article: Physics and cartoons collide
Physics and cartoons collide
Matin Durrani reviews Quirky Quarks: a Cartoon Guide to the Fascinating Realm of Physics by Benjamin Bahr, Boris Lemmer and Rina Piccolo
