Read article: Brilliant polymath, troubled person: how John von Neumann shaped our world
Andrew Robinson reviews The Man from the Future: the Visionary Life of John von Neumann by Ananyo Bhattacharya
Read article: The vagabond physicist
Andrew Robinson reviews Einstein in Bohemia by Michael Gordin
Read article: Between the lines
Books on bubble physics, quantum exiles and arty photos of particle accelerators, reviewed by Margaret Harris
Read article: A tale of two lives
Tushna Commissariat reviews Bombshell: the Hedy Lamarr Story, directed by Alexandra Dean
Read article: Circle of influence
Exact Thinking in Demented Times by Karl Sigmund is lively, vividly illustrated and occasionally idiosyncratic, writes Andrew Robinson
A surprising answer to a question about religious beliefs and extraterrestrial life
Read article: Werner Heisenberg: controversial scientist
Some 100 years after the father of the uncertainty principle was born, historians of science continue to debate the role that Werner Heisenberg played during the Second World War
Read article: Science in a dictatorship
Gordon Fraser reviews The German Physical Society in the Third Reich
Read article: Hans Bethe’s early life
Jeremy Bernstein reviews Nuclear Forces: the Making of the Physicist Hans Bethe
Let us know what you think about academic boycotts by taking part in our poll
