Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of the Mass, by Frank Close On the day the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics was due to be announced, University of Glasgow theoretical physicist and presumed laureate Peter Higgs stepped down from the grid. Without telling anyone where he was going, Higgs left his apartment and started …
The Song of the Dodo by David Quammen Chosen by Patrick Barkham Imagine a beautiful Persian rug 12 feet by 18 feet. Now imagine wielding a razor-sharp hunting knife and cutting it into 36 equal pieces. When you’re done cutting, there’s still nearly 216 square feet of recognizable things like rugs. But are they beautiful …
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Are you an investor looking to profit from the clean energy shift? Or do you want to launch your own green start-up? Maybe you have no interest in business and just want to know how to make a difference in the face of a worsening global climate crisis. There’s an answer for everyone in a …
