Paul HalpernTop 10 Fun Facts about George GamowSome are well-known; others are surprisingSep 4, 2021Sep 4, 2021
Paul HalpernThe Horror Film That Spawned a UniverseHow The Dead of Night Helped Inspire Three Astrophysicists to Rethink RealityAug 5, 20211Aug 5, 20211
Paul HalpernDennis Sciama’s Astonishing Cosmological ConversionFrom Steady-State Devotee to Leading Advocate for the Big BangJul 28, 20212Jul 28, 20212
Paul HalpernDyson, Feynman, Von Neumann, and the Dreaded “Warmed-Up Soup”Renowned physicist Freeman Dyson’s wholly unwarranted fear of being boringJul 25, 2021Jul 25, 2021
Paul HalpernAn American in BingleyOn the Trail of Astrophysicist and Writer Fred HoyleJun 8, 20211Jun 8, 20211
Paul HalpernThe Big Bang in an Underground LabAn exclusive interview with Italian nuclear physicist Viviana Mossa about her team’s astonishing new deuterium-burning resultsFeb 7, 20211Feb 7, 20211
Paul HalpernEinstein and the MentalistsFrom eerie encounters with purported psychics to “spooky action at a distance.”Aug 30, 20201Aug 30, 20201
Paul HalpernGenius in Exile: The Rise and Fall of Göttingen’s Mathematical InstituteInspired by the designs of mathematician Felix Klein and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the Göttingen Mathematical Institute in…Aug 28, 2020Aug 28, 2020
Paul HalpernA Quantum of InsultsNobel laureate physicist Wolfgang Pauli had a penchant for hurling evil zingers at other scientistsAug 23, 20202Aug 23, 20202
Paul HalpernChance Encounters with a Mystic, Gnostic MuseSerendipitous discussions in a coffee shop with Jungian scholar Kathleen Damiani about Neoplatonism, David Bohm, and other topicsAug 21, 2020Aug 21, 2020