Pick up any science fiction book from the 1960s, and you’ll find parallel dimensions explained through magic portals or mysterious machines that work “just because.” Today’s readers want stories that ...

The article recounts the author's personal journey into astronomy, highlighting several influential beginner astronomy guidebooks from various eras, including "Stars: A Guide to the Constellations," ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. The armchair physicist’s first foray into the concept of ...

A SERIES of very elementary exercises on measurements of length, area, volume and density are given in this little book. Neither the plan of the book, nor the experiments described, present any ...