11 June 2025
In Kaliane Bradley's The Ministry of Time, a young woman must help a naval commander snatched from death in 1847 adapt to the 21st century. Time travel thriller meets romance in this excellent novel
11 June 2025
The story of the birth and growth of nuclear science is rebalanced in Destroyer of Worlds, which gives due prominence to the role of women
4 June 2025
A new book on quantum physics is pleasingly full of cutting-edge topics. Yet it isn't the accessible work it promised to be
30 May 2025
In this short extract from Kaliane Bradley's sci-fi novel, her protagonist makes a startling discovery about the nature of time
6 November 2024
The Impossible Man by Patchen Barss salutes Roger Penrose's groundbreaking work in physics and mathematics while challenging the idea that a genius should be exempt from ordinary obligations
23 October 2024
Marie Curie redefined the role of women in science by training a generation of “lab daughters” to have stellar careers, shows Dava Sobel's detailed and intimate new biography, The Elements of Marie Curie
31 July 2024
An ordinary-looking valley has a secret – each of its neighbours is 20 years removed in time. Scott Alexander Howard's debut is heartfelt and deeply enjoyable, says Emily H. Wilson
8 September 2021
To solve the big mysteries in physics, we need to embrace fresh perspectives, says cosmologist Stephon Alexander. Here he explains why intuition is so important – and outlines one of his own wild ideas
16 October 2018
Stephen Hawking peered deep into black holes and helped integrate the biggest ideas in physics. But the extraordinary genius was very much a man of his times
9 January 2008
Edward O Wilson, world expert on social insects, now says kinship doesn't explain how colonies evolved. Daniele Fanelli investigates
