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Jim Al-Khalili

Jim Al-Khalili is a British professor of physics, author and broadcaster based at the University of Surrey where he currently teaches and conducts research in theoretical physics and where he holds a second chair in the Public Engagement in Science. He received his PhD in nuclear physics in 1989 and has published over a hundred […]

Anathema

Formed in 1990, Anathema have long lived up to their name: a band that transcends transient fashion in favour of the tireless pursuit of songwriting perfection, sonic substance and the wide-eyed conquering of new musical ground. Initially hailed as pioneers of an entire sub-genre, Anathema have spent the vast majority of their career making music […]

Adam Riess

Adam Riess is a Professor of Astronomy and Physics at the Johns Hopkins University and a Senior member of the Science Staff at the Space Telescope Science Institute, both in Baltimore, MD. His research involves measurements of the cosmological framework with supernovae (exploding stars) and Cepheids (pulsating stars). In 1998 Dr. Riess led a study […]

Sergey Volkov

SERGEY ALEXANDROVICH VOLKOV (CORONEL, RUSSIAN AIR FORCE) SOYUZ TMA-M COMMANDER ISS FLIGHT ENGINEER INSTRUCTOR-test-cosmonaut OF YUA gagarin cosmonaut training center, russia 472ND WORLD SPACE EXPLORER, 101 ST cosmonaut of the russian federation. PERSONAL DATA: Born April 1, 1973, in Chuguyev, Kharkov Region, Ukraine. Married to Natalia Volkova (Shinkarenko). They have two sons, Egor and Artem. […]

Particle Fever

Particle Fever is a 2013 American documentary film tracking the first round of experiments at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland. The film follows the experimental physicists at CERN who run the experiments, as well as the theoretical physicists who attempt to provide a conceptual framework for the LHC’s results. The film begins in 2008 with the first firing of the LHC and concludes in 2012 with […]

Brian May

Brian May, CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, astrophysicist, and photographer. He is best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. He uses a home-built electric guitar called the Red Special. His compositions for the band include “We Will Rock You”, “Tie Your Mother Down”, “I Want It All”, “Fat Bottomed Girls”, […]

Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson is an American astronomer, 1978 Nobel laureate in physics, who with Arno Allan Penzias discovered in 1964 the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB). The award purse was also shared with a third scientist, Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, for unrelated work. While working on a new type of antenna at Bell Labs in Holmdel Township, New […]

David Gross

Gross received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, in 1962. He received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1966 then spent three years as Junior Fellow at Harvard University. In 1973 he was promoted to Professor at Princeton University and named Iugene Higgins […]