Read article 'Faster Than The Speed of Light – The Story of a Scientific Speculation'
Owen Appleton reviews in 2004 Faster Than The Speed of Light - The Story of a Scientific Speculation.
Read article 'Jacquard’s Web'
Peggie Rimmer reviews in 2004 Jacquard's Web.
Read article 'ISOLDE goes from strength to strength'
In 1964 CERN took the initiative to develop the means for studying short-lived nuclei. Forty years on, ISOLDE continues to be a world-leading facility for research with radioactive beams.
Read article 'A November revolution: the birth of a new particle'
Frank Close goes back 30 years to when he first heard of the remarkable results from Brookhaven and SLAC that heralded the discovery of the fourth quark, charm.
Read article 'Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics, Statistics, Polymer Physics, and Financial Markets'
This third edition is a significantly expanded version of the original textbook published in 1990. It includes, for the first time, explicit solutions of nontrivial quantum-mechanical systems, in part...
Read article 'The Future of Theoretical Physics and Cosmology: Celebrating Stephen Hawking’s 60th Birthday'
Stephen Hawking's 60th birthday was celebrated in Cambridge, UK, with a meeting attended by many well-known theoretical physicists. This volume is based on lectures given at the meeting.
Read article 'A Personal History of CESR and CLEO'
Brian Foster reviews in 2004 A Personal History of CESR and CLEO.
Read article 'Introduction to Nuclear Reactions'
This graduate textbook is based on lectures given at Michigan State University. It leads the reader from basic laws to the final formulae used to calculate measurable quantities, and examines in detai...
Read article 'ICTP at 40: the centre’s legacy for the future'
The 40 year history of the ICTP, marked by international co-operation and understanding, provides valuable and enduring lessons that are as relevant today as they were at the centre's inception.
Read article 'Twenty-five years of gluons'
This summer DESY celebrated the discovery in 1979 of the first direct evidence for gluons in experiments at the electron-positron collider, PETRA. Talks at a special symposium provided some personal v...
