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Richard Rhodes's history runs from the new physics of the early twentieth century — Rutherford, Bohr, Szilard's chain reaction — through the Manhattan Project to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, explaining the science properly rather than gesturing at it. Nearly 900 pages that read like a novel; the model for writing the history of science.
July 13, 2026
Scott Alexander's team publishes its plan for AI going well, Joel Mokyr defends his Nobel thesis, and Ted Gioia argues the Odyssey belongs in the music department.
March 30, 2026
Veritasium tells the story of antimatter's discovery, PBS Space Time asks if we can test quantum gravity, and Experimental History on why being serious matters.
January 19, 2026
3Blue1Brown and Terence Tao measure the universe together, Veritasium uncovers a poisoning scandal, and PBS Space Time asks if gravity is random.
