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Douglas Trumbull: a mutual appreciation between scientists and moviemakers
Moviemakers and scientists can learn from each other, says director and VFX pioneer Douglas Trumbull
Spiros Michalakis: a scientist in Hollywood
Caltech physicist Spiros Michalakis explains how he got into science advising for Hollywood
Opinion and reviews
A critical mass of secrets
Margaret Harris reviews Trinity: the Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History by Frank Close
Agustina Ruiz Dupont: the greatest physicist you’ve never heard of
James Dacey reviews El Enigma Agustina, directed by Emilio J García and Manuel González
We still don’t understand physics
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein reviews Cosmological Koans: a Journey to the Heart of Physics by Anthony Aguirre
Transmogrified physics: we want your examples of this new field of science
Robert P Crease seeks your input on an entirely new realm of phenomena
The tempestuous genius of Fritz Zwicky
Andrew Robinson reviews Zwicky: the Outcast Genius Who Unmasked the Universe by John Johnson Jr
How Feynman diagrams transformed physics
Robert P Crease examines why Feynman diagrams have proved so useful
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