Writers’ Gallery
Our Writers' Gallery features short pieces about physics by authors who are both renowned physicists and prize-winning writers. Some of these are original contributions and others are excerpts from longer works. Many are linked to more information about the authors and their work.
Physics for Future Presidents --the Science Behind the Headlines
What does the president need to know about Physics? As president you will need to make decisions that require thinking like a physicist.
Into the Future
If we are fortunate and wise enough to go on as a species for many millennia, I am tempted to think the twentieth century will be remembered as something special in science, the century in which many of the mysteries of Earth, life, and the cosmos were understood for the first time.
Cosmic Evolution
Simply defined, cosmic evolution is the study of change--the vast number of developmental and generative changes that have accumulated during all time and across all space, from big bang to humankind.
Chess and the Laws of Physics
Discovering the laws of physics is like trying to learn the laws of chess merely by observing chess games.
The Cosmic Landscape
It is gradually becoming accepted, by many theoretical physicists, that the Laws of Physics may not only be variable but are almost always deadly.
