Paul Halpern

Announcing my new book THE GREAT ATOM DEBATE. Journey back in time and witness an epic struggle between two scientific geniuses over the very nature of reality. History of physics at its most riveting! Now available for preorder: amazon.com/gp/product/154… barnesandnoble.com/w/the-great-at… booksamillion.com/p/9781541607224 bookshop.org/p/books/the-gr… target.com/s?searchTerm=9… walmart.com/search?q=97815…

Announcing my new book THE GREAT ATOM DEBATE. Journey back in time and witness an epic struggle between two scientific geniuses over the very nature of reality. History of physics at its most riveting! Now available for preorder: amazon.com/gp/product/154… barnesandnoble.com/w/the-great-at… booksamillion.com/p/9781541607224 bookshop.org/p/books/the-gr… target.com/s?searchTerm=9… walmart.com/search?q=97815…

'We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems... Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on.' -Richard Feynman, "The Value of Science" (1955)

Albert Einstein: Footwear Fashionista Or, Why Nobody Could Possibly Fill His Shoes

Brilliant co-creators of the electroweak unification theory, a critical component of the Standard Model of particle physics. Left to right: Sheldon Lee Glashow, USA, Abdus Salam, Pakistan, and Steven Weinberg, USA, before receiving the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physics in Stockholm.

Portrait of Albert Einstein (1922) By renowned German painter Max Liebermann

Recollections of Freeman Dyson Memories of an Exceptional Encounter with a Brilliant Physicist open.substack.com/pub/paulhalper…

The science behind Homer's The Odyssey Speculations by writer Matt Kaplan about possible potions used in the ancient world for amnesia and other neurological effects discovermagazine.com/slivers-of-sci…

In some esoteric - mystical traditions the wand is not used as a mere prop - interesting information on snowdrops! The Banes have a long history - Henbane was used by the Ancient Egyptians and is related to Mandrake and Deadly Nightshade. Didn’t realise Datura was used there as I was only familiar with it through Native American traditions but that makes sense! Thanks for posting!

@nuclearchook Many thanks!

@phalpern Looking forward to this book.

On July 4, 1905 groundbreaking physicist Ludwig Boltzmann joyously celebrated during a visit to California Fourteen months later, he'd take his own life THE GREAT ATOM DEBATE explores the complex reasons behind that tragic turn of events. Preorder now: amazon.com/Great-Atom-Deb…

Two titans of quantum field theory: Richard Feynman and Chen Ning Yang Feynman died on 15 February 1988 at the age of 69. Yang died on 18 October 2025 at the age of 103.

Bohr-n to Be Wild: Quantum physicist Niels Bohr and his wife Margrethe take George Gamow's motorbike for a spin around a community in Denmark.

Brilliant British writer, actor, and songwriter @EricIdle sings about quantum physics, the LHC, dark matter, Schrödinger's Cat, string theory, the multiverse, etc, in the catchy theme song for The Infinite Monkey Cage with @ProfBrianCox and Robin Ince. youtu.be/1tdN5uEjnKs?t=…

News item: Natural sugar found near the centre of the Milky Way! theguardian.com/science/2026/j…

The Wizard of New Zealand's curious map of the world, with Christchurch (where he resides) as the uppermost marked city, and snarky comments about almost every other country and region. 🇳🇿

Nobel laureate Danish quantum physicist Niels Bohr watching his grandchildren play (Life Magazine)

@Thievesbook We know! Sylvester Stallone has been trying to recruit you to star in a new film: Rocky XIII, the epic, multiyear search for the statue

@phalpern I have never been able to find Pennsylvania

Shit, they are made of anti-matter @phalpern

@iAurel And what a handsome lad you were 🩴🩴

@phalpern I had also female sandals ( because mine broke) and loved my white sandals :)