Physics
The Lightness of Being – Book Review
One of the most important scientific stories of the past five years has been the calculation of the heavy particle […]
The Future of Physics
There is a very neat article in Wired about some very important upcoming Physics experiments. It’s a very nicely written […]
Physics Nobel Prize for 2013
Pretty exciting news this morning in the world of Physics – the 2013 Nobel Physics Prize was awarded to Peter […]
Symmetry: A Very Short Introduction – Book Review
We are all fascinated with symmetry. Patterns that look the same when viewed in different ways seem to appeal to […]
Deep Space Neutrinos and Dark Matter
Some recent observations of cosmic neutrinos (those are the neutrinos that originate far outside of the Solar System) seem to […]
Invisible in the Storm: The Role of Mathematics in Understanding Weather – Book Review
Weather has always been one of the most consequential and most unpredictable aspects of our World. The importance of weather […]
The History of Astronomy: A Very Short Introduction – Book Review
Astronomy is one of the oldest intellectual disciplines, and together with mathematics it has a distinction that its history can […]
The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality – Book Review
Cosmology, the science of the origin, evolution and the ultimate fate of the Universe, is a surprisingly young scientific discipline. […]
Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Physics – Book Review
For generations, physics textbooks written by David Griffiths have been considered the gold standard of undergraduate physics curriculum. Granted, they […]
Magnetism: A Very Short Introduction – Book Review
Magnetism is electricity’s less appreciated twin. In our daily lives we only think of magnetism in the context of fridge […]