In thinking over these shortcomings, I ultimately decided to write an account of the quark discovery, using it as the central thread in a history of particle physics. And I wanted this to be a book ...

Longair, who was the lab’s head from 1997 to 2005, describes its inception well … Longair’s history is in the form of a well-organized modern physics book, most of its 22 sections replete with charts, ...

A Brief History of Humankind" returns with an examination of the power of intelligence to shape and control civilizations throughout history, and how artificial intelligence may change society, ...

A theory to end theories For the first time in the history of physics we therefore have a framework ... importance to the journey described in my book The Elegant Universe, is that even if one ...

Sullivan has dug very deep to put this book together. Students, researchers, and historians of science interesting in radio astronomy will want to read Cosmic Noise to get a definitive history of the ...

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The rich history of research involving photons is celebrated in a supplement to this month's Nature Physics ... theme of 'photons' — that whole books could be (and have been) written on each ...

Join the audience for a live webinar at 3 p.m. GMT/10 p.m. EST on 27 November 2024, sponsored by IOP Publishing ebooks, to explore the historical journey, challenges, and achievements of women in ...

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On the eve of World War II, the U.S. needed to staff up its infant spy agency, the OSS. A cadre of ‘scholars and bookworms’ ...

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We must make sure that superintelligent machines remain aligned with human values and interests as they use their powers to ...