Paul HalpernTop 10 Fun Facts about George GamowSome are well-known; others are surprising4 min read·Sep 4, 2021----
Paul HalpernThe Horror Film That Spawned a UniverseHow The Dead of Night Helped Inspire Three Astrophysicists to Rethink Reality4 min read·Aug 5, 2021--1--1
Paul HalpernDennis Sciama’s Astonishing Cosmological ConversionFrom Steady-State Devotee to Leading Advocate for the Big Bang3 min read·Jul 28, 2021--2--2
Paul HalpernDyson, Feynman, Von Neumann, and the Dreaded “Warmed-Up Soup”Renowned physicist Freeman Dyson’s wholly unwarranted fear of being boring5 min read·Jul 25, 2021----
Paul HalpernAn American in BingleyOn the Trail of Astrophysicist and Writer Fred Hoyle3 min read·Jun 8, 2021--1--1
Paul HalpernThe Big Bang in an Underground LabAn exclusive interview with Italian nuclear physicist Viviana Mossa about her team’s astonishing new deuterium-burning results9 min read·Feb 7, 2021--1--1
Paul HalpernEinstein and the MentalistsFrom eerie encounters with purported psychics to “spooky action at a distance.”8 min read·Aug 30, 2020--1--1
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…8 min read·Aug 28, 2020----
Paul HalpernA Quantum of InsultsNobel laureate physicist Wolfgang Pauli had a penchant for hurling evil zingers at other scientists7 min read·Aug 23, 2020--2--2
Paul HalpernChance Encounters with a Mystic, Gnostic MuseSerendipitous discussions in a coffee shop with Jungian scholar Kathleen Damiani about Neoplatonism, David Bohm, and other topics4 min read·Aug 21, 2020----