Read article: Alices in a nuclear Wonderland
Historian Kate Brown reviews the fascinating but incomplete story of women who worked at the Oak Ridge uranium-processing plant during the Second World War
Read article: The spot in the shadow
Robert P Crease shows just how hard it can be to assign credit for a scientific discovery
Read article: Between the lines
Books about the physics community in Nazi Germany, the roots of radio astronomy and a whole lot of nothing, reviewed by Margaret Harris
Read article: Rise and fall of an electrical genius
W Bernard Carlson's biography of Nikola Tesla begins well but descends along with its subject, according to reviewer David Goodstein
Read article: Web life: Space Politics
A blog dedicated to the idea that "sometimes, the most important orbit is the Beltway"
Read article: Mathematics and prejudice
Edward Frenkel's love letter to the mathematics that captivates him is "a book to read to be inspired to learn maths," writes reviewer William Gasarch
Read article: Between the lines: film special
Gravity thrills, Particle Fever intrigues and Hawking proves surprisingly insightful – physics film reviews by Margaret Harris and Andrew Williams
Read article: Moving the goalposts
Robert P Crease finds that a new book on string theory offers progress for the philosophy of science
Read article: Fantastic foods
A breathtakingly beautiful book of food photos by the physicist, entrepreneur and chef Nathan Myhrvold
Read article: Longing for Laputa
Robert P Crease wonders whether scientists shouldn't rule the world after all
