From American Scientist, from steam engines to life: what is the state of thermodynamics on the 100th anniversary of the death of Lord Kelvin? A review of The Sun Kings: The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of How Modern Astronomy Began by Stuart Clark. A review of The New Time Travelers: A Journey to the Frontiers of Physics by David Toomey. The mysterious dark matter that fills the universe could be made of the same particles that put the "big" in the big bang - explaining both inflation and dark matter in a single stroke. Yale scientists make 2 giant steps in advancement of quantum computing. Why has "some guy in a wheelchair"—Stephen Hawking—been repeatedly crossing in front of us, most recently floating weightlessly in space sans wheelchair, for the past quarter century? Children of the sun: Biochemist Gottfried Schatz follows light across time and space, from the Big Bang to the ocean floor. Chaos Theory Demystified: Physics has been practised, in one form or another, for thousands of years. A review of Why Beauty is Truth by Ian Stewart (and more).
