History articles within Nature Physics

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  • Editorial |

    The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded for advances in laser physics that have conferred a formidable benefit to humankind — on both fundamental and applied fronts.

  • Obituary |

    The physicist Giancarlo Ghirardi passed away on 1 June 2018, after a life devoted to the foundations of quantum mechanics.

    • Angelo Bassi

  • Comment |

    Understanding the behaviour of almost any biological object is a fundamentally multiscale problem — a challenge that biophysicists have been increasingly embracing, building on two centuries of biophysical studies at a variety of length scales.

    • Ewa K. Paluch

  • Commentary |

    INSPIRE, the central information resource of the high-energy physics community, pioneered the open dissemination of scientific literature. It has been evolving to keep up with the new technologies and it is not slowing down.

    • Bernard L. Hecker

  • Measure for Measure |

    Alberto Moscatelli surveys a series of experiments on the electron g-factor that marked the departure from the Dirac equation and contributed to the development of quantum electrodynamics.

    • Alberto Moscatelli

  • Editorial |

    The centennial celebrations for morphology masterwork On Growth and Form are just kicking off. We look at why physicists should get involved.

  • Editorial |

    The 50th anniversary of the Institut Laue–Langevin marks a time for celebration, and for reflection on the future of Europe's neutron-scattering landscape.

  • Research Highlights |

    • Andreas H. Trabesinger

  • Editorial |

    During its 25 years of existence, arXiv has exceeded every expectation in terms of growth and its impact on how science is disseminated.

  • Editorial |

    The history of physics publishing in the past century shows how the changing needs of the research community shaped the dissemination of knowledge through scientific journals.

  • Editorial |

    Emergent phenomena are common in condensed matter. Their study now extends beyond strongly correlated electron systems, giving rise to the broader concept of quantum materials.

  • Editorial |

    Looking back at a decade of Nature Physics.

  • Perspective |

    An analysis of Web of Science data spanning more than 100 years reveals the rapid growth and increasing multidisciplinarity of physics — as well its internal map of subdisciplines.

    • Roberta Sinatra
    • , Pierre Deville
    •  & Albert-László Barabási

  • Editorial |

    Like London buses, you wait for a Weyl then a few come along at once.

  • Editorial |

    The general theory of relativity, tested time and time again, is a cornerstone of modern physics — but marrying it with quantum mechanics remains a major challenge.

  • Commentary |

    The history of the fierce opposition met by Einstein's theory of relativity in the 1920s teaches us that public controversies about science are not necessarily settled by sound scientific reasoning.

    • Milena Wazeck

  • Editorial |

    Physicists are now, as ever, pushing the development of computing technologies. But they're also innovating ways of using them.

  • Editorial |

    Scientists involved in nuclear research before and after the end of the Second World War continue to be the subjects of historical and cultural fascination.

  • Editorial |

    2015 promises to be a year for celebrating important discoveries in physics — an apt way to mark the International Year of Light. And, after ten years in print, Nature Physics looks forward to its own anniversary.

  • Books & Arts |

    • Bart Verberck

  • Editorial |

    Increases in governmental funding for research are outmatched by the swelling ranks of scientists competing for grants. Physicists are starting to look for creative alternatives to complement their funding.

  • Books & Arts |

    • Andreas Trabesinger

  • Commentary |

    Our perception of colour has always been a source of fascination, so it's little wonder that studies of the phenomenon date back hundreds of years. What, though, can modern scientists learn from medieval literature — and how do we go about it?

    • Hannah E. Smithson
    • , Giles E. M. Gasper
    •  & Tom C. B. McLeish

  • Books & Arts |

    • Andreas Trabesinger

  • News & Views |

    A careful revision of the rudiments of statistical physics shows that negative temperatures are artefacts of Boltzmann's approximate definition of entropy. Gibbs' version, however, forbids negative absolute temperatures and is consistent with thermodynamics.

    • Igor M. Sokolov

  • Editorial |

    The Bohr atom is unquestionably a landmark in the history of physics. A century after its publication, it has inspired a remarkably diverse and ever-growing field of research.

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