My Articles

Magazine articles (pdf)

E is for Energy Lateral Thoughts, Physics World (October 2009)

The story of the quantum Book review, Physics World (May 2009)

The downside of technology Lateral Thoughts, Physics World (April 2009)

The last lecture Lateral Thoughts, Physics World (July 2008)

Einstein and the atomic theory The Engineer’s Journal (Oct 2005)

Einstein and the quantum theory The Engineer’s Journal (Sep 2005)

Einstein’s relativity  The Engineer’s Journal (Nov 2005)

Einstein and Brownian motion part 1 Spin Science magazine (Issue 13, 2005)

Einstein and Brownian motion part 2 Spin Science magazine (Issue 13, 2005)

Newspaper articles (pdf)

John Tyndall and the greenhouse effect An Irishman’s Diary, The Irish Times (03/08/09)

The age of the earth An Irishman’s Diary, The Irish Times (12/5/07)

The Big Bang An Irishman’s Diary, The Irish Times (29/6/06)

Pierre Curie An Irishman’s Diary, The Irish Times (7/4/06)

Albert Einstein An Irishman’s Diary, The Irish Times (14/3/05)

Walter Heitler An Irishman’s Diary, The Irish Times (29/3/04)

Ernest Walton An Irishman’s Diary, The Irish Times (3/1/04)

Happy Birthday CERN The Irish Times (4/3/04)

Quantum leap into the future The Irish Times (6/2/03)

Letters (pdf)

The Lisbon treaty The Irish Times (Sep 12th, 2009)

Missing the Big Bang party The Irish Times (Sep 13th, 2008)

Luck and genius Physics World (July 2008)

Philosophy of strings Physics World (Nov 2007)

Dark matter Physics World (June 2006)

Asymmetric credit New Scientist (Feb 2008)

Climate change The Irish Times (pending)

Missing the Big Bang party The Irish Times (13/9/08)

Lisbon Treaty The Irish Times (5/6/08)

Irish membership of CernThe Irish Times (22/4/08)

Cold reality of global warming The Irish Times (13/3/08)

Aviation and climate change The Irish Times (1/10/07)

Weather and climate change The Irish Times (24/7/07)

Iraq war The Irish Times (24/2/03)

DNA and relativity The Irish Times(11/12/01)

Einstein’s relativity The Irish Times (4/3/96)

You Tube

Introduction to cosmology part 1

Introduction to cosmology part 2

Introduction to cosmology part 3

Introduction to cosmology part 4

Introduction to cosmology part 5