Jim Al-Khalili

4 weeks ago | cerncourier.com | Jim Al-Khalili

Quantum Drama, by Jim Baggott and John L Heilbron, Oxford University Press When I was an undergraduate physics student in the mid-1980s, I fell in love with the philosophy of quantum mechanics.

Aug 22, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Jasper Rees |Jim Al-Khalili

Things can only get better? Tony Blair arrives in Downing Street in 1997 Credit: Richard Watt The headline has already been written, the lead story extracted.

Mar 14, 2024 | national-geographic.pl | Jim Al-Khalili

Powiada się, że najprostsze wyjaśnienia są z reguły najlepsze. W końcu po co nadmiernie komplikować sobie życie? Założenie to nierzadko jest stosowane w życiu codziennym, gdzie, niestety, nie zawsze się sprawdza. Koncepcję, że częściej będą poprawne proste wyjaśnienia niż skomplikowane, znamy pod pojęciem „brzytwy Ockhama” — od angielskiego średniowiecznego mnicha i filozofa Williama z Ockham.

Oct 19, 2023 | harvard.com | Jim Al-Khalili

Location Harvard Science Center Hall C, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA Tickets $0.00 (Free RSVP Required) $18.01 (book included) Harvard Book Store, the Harvard University Division of Science, and the Harvard Library welcome JIM AL-KHALILI—Distinguished Chair in Physics at the University of Surrey—for a discussion of his new book The Joy of Science. There are two ticket options available for this event. Al-Khalili will sign copies of his book after the presentation. Free General Admission...

Oct 8, 2023 | theguardian.com | Bee Wilson |Jim Al-Khalili |Barbara Ellen |Isy Suttie |Allan Jenkins |Alex Moshakis | +2 more

I doubt any reality TV concept was conceived as a mother-child bonding tradition, but that’s how it’s worked out for me and my two daughters. From their teen years and roaming through their 20s, our reality-TV viewing has become ritualised: watch the shows (together or not), discuss the contestants, gossip, preach, speculate, and feel regretful and (in my elder, not-wiser case) slightly unclean. Hey, I didn’t say it was edifying, just that it was happening.