Richard Feynman was a legend in scientific circles. One of the preeminent physicists of the 20th century—even other top minds considered him a magician—he is almost as well known for his jokes and ...

Of all the iconic photographs of scientist duos — Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr, Francis Crick and James Watson, and a host of such pairs — my all-time favourite is the one shot in Warsaw in July ...

The American physicist Richard Feynman is often quoted as saying: “You can recognise truth by its beauty and simplicity.” The phrase appears in the work of the American science writer K C Cole – in ...

The BBC has a wealth of archive material at its disposal – everything from Led Zeppelin performances to television programmes featuring the late physicist Richard Feynman. The latter was featured ...

John Iliopoulos of the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris and Luciano Maiani of the Università degli Studi di Roma have been awarded the 2007 Dirac medal. Iliopoulos and Maiani each win $5,000 “for ...