Mark Ronan
The Genius Who Beat Einstein To It
The French polymath Henri Pointcaré excelled in astronomy, physics mathematics and a lot more
The Olympian and His Thunderbolt
Robert Oppenheimer, far from being a one-dimensional Dr Atomic, was a tragic character of huge erudition
It’s Not Elementary, My Dear Watson
If you think that the discovery of the Higgs Boson solved all the mysteries of particle physics, think again
Accelerating the Debate on Motion
Einstein’s biggest breakthroughs came after he had made an effort to learn from his earlier mistakes
A Light Shining From Babylon
Will today’s scientists hunting the Higgs boson prove as ingenious as the ancient Mesopotamians?
Perishing Publishers
As publishers charge more for journals, academics are beginning to feel short-changed.
Removing the Neutrino Anomaly
Minkowski enabled Einstein to supersede Newton. Today’s scientists must emulate them
Euro Soap Opera
Angela Merkel and Jean-Claude Trichet recently attended a premiere of Tannhauser in Bayreuth but their own lives are more like an operatic melodrama
The Genius of Geometry
David Brooks is political flavour of the month this side of the Atlantic, so in thrall is Westminster to Barack Obama
University Challenged
Ludicrous red-tape is stifling innovation and inspiration in Universities. Administrators must step aside
Tolerating the intolerant
“For those who thought that a global pandemic would sound the death knell for identity politics, think again”
How to prevent the next pandemic
‘I have been reporting as a science journalist for years that the world is at increasing risk of pandemics like this; that this was predicted; that we know what we need to do to prepare and we simply haven’t done it; and that more and worse pandemics are coming so we need to do that, now’
D’où parles-tu? The post-truth world
Power, illusion and the open society: how postmodernism undermines our foundational concepts