John Stewart Bell – Part II
When John Bell graduated from Queen’s in mid-1949, he was lucky that, following the invention of radar and the atomic bomb in the Second World War, physics was very much in favor with the…
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Intrauterine Fetal Surgery – Where Do We Stand
Intra-uterine fetal surgery is relatively new and a costly procedure. It requires a large, collaborative team in which each member is aware of their co-worker's role. Though considered a unique speciality, intra-uterine fetal surgery…
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Thinking Machine II
Most intelligent tasks we perform in our lives, we learn those skills through examples rather than being told step-by-step how to do them. For example, no one told us how to recognize the numbers,…
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The Universe is Filled with an Ancient Radiation
This article is an overview of the oldest electromagnetic radiation in the Universe, known as the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), representing a snapshot of the cosmos approximately 380,000 years after the Big Bang. The…
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Astronomers as Sleuths
What if a painting were a hidden map of the heavens? In recent years, scientists have begun to treat famous canvases as puzzles to be solved with telescopes and software. Consider Vincent van Gogh’s…
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An Interview with Sir AnthonyLeggett
Meet Professor Anthony James Leggett, Nobel laureate in Physics (2003) and titan of low-temperature physics, whose groundbreaking Leggett-Garg inequality — born from his 1985 collaboration with Anupam Garg — unlocks laboratory tests of Schrödinger’s…
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Heisenberg’s Sketchbook
The Physicist Who Drew to Think Werner Heisenberg took up artistic pursuits as a young man, aligning with the broad cultural education expected of Germans from academic families in the early 20th century. During…
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Heisenberg in the Himalayas
Werner Heisenberg’s 1929 world tour offered a rare glimpse into the personal experiences of the physicist just three years after his groundbreaking work in quantum mechanics...
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Heisenberg in Copenhagen
This article examines a famous letter that Werner Heisenberg wrote to his wife, Elisabeth, in 1941, at the height of the Second World War.
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Science as a Culture – Its Implications
This article explores the concept of science as a culture, positing that it functions as a significant psychological and social framework alongside its technological and methodological dimensions. The late Professor Shymal Sengupta emphasizes that…
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The Invisible Conductor of the Human Symphony
While the common perception is that taste resides on the tongue, modern neuroscience reveals that flavour is actually a multi-sensory construction assembled by the brain. Acting as an "invisible conductor," the brain orchestrates a…
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Heisenberg and 100 Years of Quantum
The Heisenberg Corner: Archival Discoveries in 2025 The Heisenberg Corner: Archival Discoveries in 2025 Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976), the German physicist, stands as one of the most influential figures in modern science. He spearheaded the…
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