A review of Nothing: A Very Short Introduction by Frank Close. A review of The Lightness of Being: Big Questions, Real Answers by Frank Wilczek. A review of Why Does E=mc2?: And Why Should We Care? by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw. An excerpt from Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality by Manjit Kumar. A groundbreaking Caltech experiment may detect quantum physics where classical mechanics has ruled sovereign. From Plus, it may seem as if reality has become a whole lot bigger over the last few years — in one branch of theoretical physics, though, things seem to be going the other way; and an article on the biggest problem in theoretical physics (and five more great problems). The physics that we know: An interview with Gavin Schmidt. The laws of the universe are based on fixed constants — what happens to science when those number start to change? (and more) Look at the periodic table of elements, and you'd be hard pressed to find an element that is not used in physics. In the next few weeks, a new name will appear in the periodic table when the element with atomic number 112 receives a new name (and more). A review of Plastic Fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific World by Eugenie Samuel Reich.
