Media Articles

The Irish Times (Science  Page)

A glimpse of the God particle

Science Today, The Irish Times (28/12/2011)

Verdict out on neutrino experiment 

Science Today, The Irish Times (28/12/2011)

Relativity passes dramatic satellite test

Science Today, The Irish Times (22/09/2011)

One of the great puzzles of science celebrates its centenary

Science Today, The Irish Times (31/03/2011)

Five steps to keep science straight on global warming

Science Today, The Irish Times (30/10/2010)

Should Literacy Include Science?

Science Today , The Irish Times (29/07/2010)

50 years of CERN

Science Today, The Irish Times (4/3/04)

Quantum leap into the future

Science Today, The Irish Times (6/2/03)

The Irish Times (Op-ed Page)

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)

Book reviews

Potshots from a Sceptical Scientist

Review of ‘The Science Delusion’ by Rupert Sheldrake (Hodder & Stoughton) in The Irish Times (04/02/2012)

A Startling Vision of the Future  Review of Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku (Doubleday) in The Irish Times (23/04/2011)

A Glimpse of the Future   Review of ‘How It Ends’, by Chris Impey (Norton) in Physics World (December 2010)

A Dark Forecast of Climate Change Review of Climate Wars by Gynne Dyer (Oneworld) in The Irish Times (11/05/2010)

The Scramble for the Arctic Review of The Future History of the Arctic by Charles Emmerson (BodleyHead) in The Irish Times (12/04/2010)

The story of the quantum  Review of Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality  by Manjit Kumar (ICON) in Physics World (May 2009)

Magazine articles (pdf)

Superconductor memories Lateral Thoughts, Physics World (April 2011)

E is for energy Lateral Thoughts, Physics World (October 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)

A relatively simple matter Spin Science magazine (Issue 9, 2005)

Einstein and the quantum theory of light Spin Science magazine (Issue 12, 2005)

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

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

Letters (pdf)

How qualified is your lecturer? The Irish Times (March 7th, 2012)

The neutrino experiment: a trick of the light?  The Irish Times (October 4th, 2011)

Global warming? The Irish Times (Dec 31st, 2010)

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

Profiles

Discover Science and Engineering – Science Ambassador profile

Choosing Science – SPIN Science magazine profile

Irish Independent profile

Speed faster than light may not be flight of fancy Citation in The Irish Times (September 24th, 2011)