Read article: Physics and painting
Physics and painting
Robert P Crease looks at how physics has influenced several artistic movements
Read article: Physics and painting
Read article: Forming a critical mass of experts
Forming a critical mass of experts
A book about how the nuclear profession developed, reviewed by Geoff Vaughan
Read article: The why and how of it all
The why and how of it all
Two books about why the universe bothers to exist, reviewed by Tim Maudlin
Read article: Von Neumann’s computer
Von Neumann’s computer
A book on the early history of practical computers, reviewed by Martin Campbell-Kelly
Read article: Between the lines: Christmas special
Between the lines: Christmas special
A bumper crop of books reviewed by Margaret Harris and Tushna Commissariat
Read article: Vital forces
Vital forces
A rare popular-science book on biophysics, reviewed by Richard Jones
Read article: What made Bell Labs special?
What made Bell Labs special?
A history of Bell Labs, reviewed by Andrew Gelman
Read article: Soft matter’s charismatic pioneer
Soft matter’s charismatic pioneer
A biography of Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, now available in English translation, reviewed by Tom McLeish
Read article: A strange cat in Dublin
A strange cat in Dublin
A new biography of Erwin Schrödinger, reviewed by Cormac O'Raifeartaigh
Read article: Web life
Web life
Ask Nature: a whole website devoted to biomimicry and its many applications
