Read article 'How to find a Higgs boson'
How to find a Higgs boson
Ivo van Vulpen’s popular book isn’t an airy pamphlet cashing in on the 2012 discovery, but a realistic representation of what it’s like to be a particle physicist.
Read article 'How to find a Higgs boson'
Read article 'Particles mean prizes'
Particles mean prizes
Just five research areas account for more than half of Nobel prizes.
Read article 'New Perspectives on Einstein’s E = mc2'
New Perspectives on Einstein’s E = mc2
Young Suh Kim and Marilyn Noz’s book may struggle to find its audience, says Nikolaos Rompotis.
Read article 'The Human Condition: Reality, Science and History'
The Human Condition: Reality, Science and History
Renowned accelerator physicist Gregory Loew has written an insightful book of truly ambitious scope, writes our reviewer.
Read article 'Fiction, in theory'
Fiction, in theory
French actor Irène Jacob's novel is an intimate portrait of life as the daughter of a renowned theoretical physicist, writes James Gillies.
Read article 'Ascent commemorates cosmic-ray pioneers'
Ascent commemorates cosmic-ray pioneers
Particle physicists brought cosmic-ray science to the heart of the Château-d’Oex International Balloon Festival.
Read article 'Rolf Widerøe: a giant in the history of accelerators'
Rolf Widerøe: a giant in the history of accelerators
Aashild Sørheim's book presents new documentary evidence on the wartime life of an engineer who had a seminal impact on accelerator physics, writes Kurt Hübner.
Read article 'Einstein and Heisenberg: The Controversy over Quantum Physics'
Einstein and Heisenberg: The Controversy over Quantum Physics
Peter Jenni reviews Konrad Kleinknecht's new book on the interwoven stories of two giants of twentieth century physics.
Read article 'Vladislav Šimák 1934–2019'
Vladislav Šimák 1934–2019
Since the early 1960s his vision and organisational skills helped shape experimental particle physics in Czechoslovakia and Czechia.
Read article '50 years of the GIM mechanism'
50 years of the GIM mechanism
A symposium to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Glashow, Iliopoulos and Maiani's explanation of the suppression of strangeness-changing neutral currents was held in Shanghai.
