by Richard Easther | Feb 9, 2015 | Physics, Science in Our Lives
Driving home one night last week, Auckland’s Spaghetti Junction was more than normally congested and my thoughts turned to physics. Sluggish traffic provided my initial topic – the differences between sand and water. – as well as letting me follow my...
by Richard Easther | Feb 9, 2014 | Featured, Physics, Science in Our Lives
Last month, I visited the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics at Kyoto University. Yukawa — Japan’s first Nobelist in physics — looks to have been an amiable man, so far as one can tell from a statue. He stands watch outside the institute, and when I was there...