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
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Between the lines: film special
Gravity thrills, Particle Fever intrigues and Hawking proves surprisingly insightful – physics film reviews by Margaret Harris and Andrew Williams
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Moving the goalposts
Robert P Crease finds that a new book on string theory offers progress for the philosophy of science
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Co-operation is needed to boost women in Latin America
Latin America is slowly overcoming difficulties in getting more women in physics, but increased co-operation is needed to reduce the gender gap further
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Fantastic foods
A breathtakingly beautiful book of food photos by the physicist, entrepreneur and chef Nathan Myhrvold
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Longing for Laputa
Robert P Crease wonders whether scientists shouldn't rule the world after all
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Wrong turns and dead ends
Len Fisher reviews a book about the mistakes made by great scientists throughout history, including Darwin, Kelvin and Einstein
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A romantic scientist
A "magnificent and superior" biography of the 19th-century Danish scientist Hans Christian Ørsted, reviewed by Anja Skaar Jacobsen
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Between the lines: Christmas special
Books about the mathematics in The Simpsons, vanishing starry nights, medical physics, big questions and some very weird life forms
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Making sense of Oppenheimer
Ray Monk’s landmark biography of “father of the atomic bomb” J Robert Oppenheimer, reviewed by Robert P Crease
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