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AI will not make mathematicians obsolete
Sergiu Klainerman
Sergiu Klainerman examines what AI’s recent mathematical breakthroughs really mean for mathematicians. Revisiting the Navier–Stokes problem, he distinguishes exhaustive machine search from the deeper human task of deciding which questions matter and what meaningful answers should look like.
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An Abecedary Of Scientific Serendipity
Sheldon Lee Glashow
Nobel laureate Sheldon Lee Glashow offers an alphabetical tour of scientific serendipity, from the first aniline dye to the science of fermentation, recounting twenty-six discoveries made by happy accident.
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On the Laser-Fusion Milestone
Daniel Jassby
On December 5, 2022, the National Ignition Facility recorded the first energy gain in fusion history. However, the prospect of fusion energy in the near future remains distant, writes Daniel Jassby.
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The Kilogram
Jeremy Bernstein
Prior to 2018, the standard for the kilogram was a platinum alloy cylinder created in 1889 and stored in Paris. In this note, Jeremy Bernstein explains how the kilogram is now defined using fundamental constants.
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Before Before
Stanley Deser
More than most laymen, physicists are floored by the idea of the Big Bang. They are confounded also by the structures that govern the resulting universe. They know too much not to feel mystified.
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Old Age and Creativity
Stanley Deser
Physics seems to have no very old top-tier contributors. The field’s greatest giants have either died young, stopped meaningful work well before they died, or changed fields mid-career.
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Access All Areas
Antoine Balzeau
Paleoanthropology’s traditional working methods, Antoine Balzeau argues, are no longer effective—especially when modern technology offers researchers more efficient means of analysis and archiving.
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Charged Interactions
Jeremy Bernstein
In a seven-year period, Jeremy Bernstein had three memorable interactions with the physicist Wendell Furry. In one instance, Bernstein was present when Furry testified before Senator Joseph McCarthy.
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A Letter
Jeremy Bernstein
The February 15, 1939, issue of the Physical Review included a letter by Niels Bohr entitled “Resonance in Uranium and Thorium Disintegration and the Phenomenon of Nuclear Fission.”
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